The Times Cryptic November 11 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1742
Clues	Answers
Assist Lincoln, maybe, getting close to president	ABET
Boy gets a “thank you” for piano piece perhaps	SONATA
Boy’s letters returned	LIAM
Capital of Turkey change from Moscow’s hardship	TROUBLE
Climber needing a metal spike to get up	LIANA
Discharge quiet American	PUS
Financial statements, awfully late, Ben chases	balance sheets
Gallivanting more a job for a Biblical king	JEROBOAM
Girl called on regularly	CLEO
Got back from a diner, eg, the worse for wear	REGAINED
I must visit fat Scottish landowner	LAIRD
Initially pretty averse to one’s local dialect	PATOIS
Modus operandi in case causing bother	MOLEST
Mother not drinking before daughter was important	MATTERED
Orchestra pit’s, surprisingly, extremely high	STRATOSPHERIC
Potter needs it, prompt!	CUE
Prude is upset as skirt does?	rides up
Regular shape of old cape with label on	OCTAGON
Shrubs some azalea can’t hide	ACANTHI
Somewhat vulgar denial that can be cultivated	GARDENIA
Strayed, I hesitate to say: visibly embarrassed	ERRED
Team from what we hear sounded weary	SIDE
To breathe out no longer healthy?	EXHALE
Useless at exploration? It’s something more you can ignore	optional extra
Yanks with short jackets, not in	JERKS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27819
Clues	Answers
A snag over admitting curtailment of party spirit	BRAVURA
Become tedious letter-writer, by the sound of it?	PALL
Endlessly respect a Liberal naval commander	ADMIRAL
First pair of thespians engaged in leading role, mainly	for the most part
Flaw in flyers plugging this writer’s point	IMPAIRMENT
Follow Europe’s directions to return	ENSUE
Foreign noble at a fine high-class French palace	FONTAINEBLEAU
French novelist briefly keeping island bird	COLETIT
Governed as certain lines may be	RULED
Greenness of mineral water upset over ends of table	NAIVETE
Humdrum character given note by European national	MUNDANE
Mutton graduate gives girl	EMMA
Negative thinkers sit in his complex outside Lima	NIHILISTS
Payment hard old woman initially invested in drink	HONORARIUM
Philosopher with authority becomes factory designer	MILLWRIGHT
Rash old city teacher primarily in charge of some music?	URTICARIA
Repeat part of speech occasionally	ECHO
Shocking weapon to put out by extremities of tower	TRAUMATIC
Smear second book excluded from promotional hype	BLUR
Stealthy new Tories stir up unions at first	SURREPTITIOUS
Synthetic polymer unknown in northern half of capital	NYLON
Teacher takes train, overcoming motorway tension	SCHOOLMISTRESS
Teachers meeting with old actor: that bears fruit	nut-tree
Tough soldiers tight-lipped about start of invasion	RESILIENT
Travel round America, having time and energy	GUSTO
Tree a woman planted outside new councillor’s office	ALDERMANRY
Unleavened bread originally ideal with tea and a little butter	CHAPATI
Woman touring hot area north of a desert	SAHARAN