The Times - Cryptic - August 10 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27739
Clues	Answers
A French duke brought in twenty pounds for a rascal	SCOUNDREL
Activist theatrical in rage, going wild	CAMPAIGNER
Behave as we do after ignoring University opening	DOORWAY
Coarse stuff from males	BUCKRAM
Conciliatory gesture, as it happens, in outside broadcast on farm	olive branch
Corporation supporting US lawyer in fact	DATUM
Delicate stuff, oil turning up on cheese	TAFFETA
Ear about to sense upset with great pleasure	GLEEFUL
Family member hurries to get rid of it	STEPSON
Flutter taken up? There's an amount to pay	TAB
Hitch after cat does for small performer	Tom Thumb
Horse carrying pack let loose in town square	MARKETPLACE
Mark, my son, turned to run, losing time	SYMBOL
No shift involving doctor in thirty days	NOVEMBER
Objective of female coming on board for departures	send-offs
Prejudiced and wrong about African country from which one's deported	ILLIBERAL
Reasonable to secure a source of wood	OAK
See Yorkshire river beside event in Sheffield, say	local derby
Spark is appropriate around Scottish chimney, on reflection	STIMULUS
Start of last over __ our players end in ignominy, being dreadful	LOUSY
Suggestion assistant should postpone article	IDEA
Supporting company agreement after some strain? That is indicator of future prospects	fortune cookie
This is the ultimate in blasphemy?	HERESY
Unemployed one gets appropriate payment, nothing less	IDLE
Unequivocal gossip gets investment from City	DIRECT
Uninspired old head of BBC grasping pen? On the contrary	STODGY
Vehicle staying outside reduced opening in garage	CARPORT
What produces reduction of scale in floods more frequently	water softener
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1675
Clues	Answers
A northern church's attempt to establish origin	ANCESTRY
A Royal Marines orchestra's form of identification	ARMBAND
About to demand a strong wooden barrel	CASK
Abrupt old Republican ringing a museum boss	CURATOR
Appreciative, having this much coal?	GRATEFUL
Bag for Falstaff's wine!	SACK
Boss demanding endless academic application	STUD
Cut Liszt's first work	LOP
First-class male in torn clothing	RAIMENT
Former exam relating to rural life	PASTORAL
Groans frightfully, finding skirtlike garment	SARONG
Mistakes made by English kings at start of actions	ERRATA
Most superior upper garment	TOP
One who conveys news about alcoholic drink	REPORTER
Pacify son, very small, just into double figures	SWEETEN
Put off carrying container, a stoppered glass	DECANTER
Refined chap set up shelter	GENTEEL
Reportedly outstanding lyric poem	ODE
Scottish port involved in Hogmanay revels	AYR
Signal from visitor dropping union leader on river	GESTURE
The commercial centre of Banbridge, for example?	DOWNTOWN
Troublemaker sacked for pinching grain husks	FIREBRAND
Unemployed superstar given a hearing	IDLE
Unhappy as steward, going in this direction?	EASTWARDS
Well-meaning type taking pet initially over European river	do-gooder
Wobbly: lacking capacity to cross street	UNSTABLE