The Times - Cryptic - September 25 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27779
Clues	Answers
Bunch for one inhibited by lack of authority	NOSEGAY
California police try to return pampered pet	LAPDOG
Christmas returns in part of Spain	LEON
Continue as thug	GOON
Cracking effort: girl hides processor	TANNERY
Crazy, dropping head to the back	AFT
Cricketer’s entry in Anglo-French dictionary?	SEAMER
Failed to fence wood that’s prohibited	DISALLOWED
Foreign orchestra given something to play by network	GAMELAN
God is hurt, abandoned by one	PAN
Have great delight taking in a show	REVEAL
In old-fashioned uniform, line dance	pas seul
In school, used to be provided with juice	POWERED
Jesting, pull a fairy’s wings off	PLAYFUL
Lady not running freely sent in for surgery	VISCOUNTESS
Lightly hit cold cheek	CLIP
Lots of data as Times breaks US military scandal?	GIGABYTE
Made fresh deal in juggling with dates	DESALINATED
Make a friend with ceremony	FORMALLY
One may be in the office, given this advice if beach too hot?	water-cooler
One nailed to back of house	TOE
Party votes to change very high limit for author	DOSTOEVSKY
Position of railway not new	LIE
Possibly tiger mother doing more tidying?	man-eater
Pretentiousness by extremely attractive miss	air shot
Prudent course resulting from successful seance?	happy medium
Raise up pretty velvet covers	LEVY
Record how long left in permit	all time low
Rolled pastry, extremely short, ruled revolting	STRUDEL
Run before notice to pick Emma up again?	REREAD
Stung by these perhaps, destroy a nest beside tree	fire ants
Unarmed, patrol population centres for serious crimes	ATROCITIES
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1709
Clues	Answers
A long time back for example visiting S Africa	AGES
After gym, sip fizzy soft drink	PEPSI
All the letters of Plath Bea devoured	ALPHABET
Biblical book, or endless ditty performed by a single monk?	Song of Solomon
Blue duo cavorting in capital of Wisconsin	double-u
Card held by bridge player in need of a partner?	lonely heart
Devious US uni, so in need of reform	SINUOUS
Doctor hasn’t mobile, leading to cancellation	ABOLISHMENT
Dog seen in Soho, undernourished	HOUND
Hunters battle, frantically, to go from disadvantage to advantage?	turn the tables
I’m said to make you smile: the stuff of dreams?	CHEESE
Impressive display of work left in Pennsylvania and New York	PANOPLY
Minor mistake to knock back this beer?	PILS
Name of female in Grammar School?	GLADYS
Nearly one hundred years to capture a small race of “horsemen”	CENTAURS
Old storyteller regularly made use of PA	AESOP
Picture held up by popular umpire	MURAL
Pine, silver, originally orange in the distant past	long-ago
Reaper, gutless: sarcastic, yet handsome	SCYTHE
Separate ends of shop illuminated	split up
Sleep after swallowing tablet and lots of medicine?	DOSES
Third grade glossy turned over by graduate	GAMMA
Undoubtedly like one to visit cathedral city	EASILY
Wooden strip containing medal found in London borough	LAMBETH