The Times - Cryptic - October 9 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27791
Clues	Answers
Air-traffic control is unsuccessful at keeping fourth in proximity	at close quarters
Boxer receiving left punch	PLUG
Clubs justify storing case of labels for identification of station	call sign
Demolishing cored pears, set aside fuzzy skin	SUEDE
Dominant peak has shortened	ALPHA
Drop weapons and relieve force to stop constant fury	CEASEFIRE
Duct conveying liquid tin and other metal	CANAL
Ecstasy within completely horrific symbolism	ALLEGORY
Fighting words in Chirac's resignation statement?	cest la guerre
First-class society to delight in	slap-up
Fort Washington is on top of travel by air	WAFT
French wine label to tear up, which was driven from interwar years	vintage car
Fundraiser set up over there involving an O'Connor, say	red nose day
Highly sensitive time for prayer, situation that's awkward in retrospect	top-secret
Hound satirical writer penning piece central to column	SALUKI
I'm impatient and always drink to stay bluff	for goodness sake
Isolated inside pit with collar to wrap throat	polo-neck
It's not important, ballroom dance's repeats both being foxtrot	CHAFF
Jar containing letter that is covered in pencil	GRAPHITE
Jokes, mostly personal, causing degradation	COMEDOWN
Lord ruined in Great War, returning to get married, provides many pages with connections	world wide web
Perhaps sly male's function: steer around girlfriend	dog fox
Route for deliveries of sort run in barrow?	milk round
Second subject to split in books	SUNDER
Soldier possibly supporting old court sector	OCTANT
Sontag maybe framing small criticism about once-sacred mountain	PARNASSUS
Stuff that's fabricated and somewhat obscenely retold in turn	TERYLENE
Surreal essay across issue's front pages	TRIPPY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1719
Clues	Answers
Beware __ fellow is a primitive	CAVEMAN
Caught one at tea party with Queen that's a fast talker	CHATTERER
Cloak cut down to make a top	CAP
Considerateness is delicious roaming around Thailand's capital	SOLICITUDE
Drink royal's taken up	LAGER
Left avoiding smooth build up	FATTEN
Line left in Scrabble regularly	CABLE
One who's drafted Conservative text for speech	CONSCRIPT
Photographed topless __ really attractive	HOT
Provincial caliph or a replacement?	PAROCHIAL
Race to order cheapest eels	STEEPLECHASE
Recognise Chinese porcelain appearing	SEEMING
Rowing crew consumed food soundly	EIGHT
Scholar of Burns, mostly	RABBI
School filled with sound of cow pet	SMOOCH
Set of principles central to credo suiting the faith concept	ETHIC
Small, delicate and mostly finely structured	ELFIN
Technical talk is initially just gas	JARGON
Thanks court in charge of scheme	TACTIC
Trimmed odd bits of crust	CUT
Unconscious present influence that's hidden	UNDERCURRENT
View of street with train	STANDPOINT
What's key in Old English poem	ODE
Wild spirits unfortunately evident involving large male	Devilment