The Times Cryptic November 20 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27827
Clues	Answers
A firm universal glue reduced soundproofing?	ACOUSTIC
African fetish contains its defence system	JUJITSU
Anodyne article appears in Queen	ETHER
Back minister supported by Irish	REVERSE
Bar measure? Ring officer about it going up	OPTIC
Bashed car, American one on motorway	DODGEM
Current appearance by second side impressing manager finally	AIRSTREAM
Drunk nearly crosses border, creating rumpus	SHEMOZZLE
Dump commander's jacket in boat	SCRUB
Emergency credit is doubled	CRISIS
Gunners fiddle short course	RAVIOLI
Leader of party's lax about closure of remote office	PREMISES
Make red curtain to separate eastern doctors	EMBARRASS
Mug Times sent into closed prison	toby jug
Nancy misses damselfly in pickle	mesdemoiselles
Note arrangement of scenic base for some geology, say	natural science
Novelist on line leaves	GREENERY
Pass round container for viewer	ORBIT
Puffed up Dublin parliamentarian adopts superior note	TUMID
Rake around front of garden, unpleasant piece of work?	ROGUE
Send first of trainees in to clean each plant	sweet pea
Service pack's a bit awkward during Mass	KITBAG
Sweeney Todd work, contentious musical, censored	HAIRCUT
Test player is beginning to enjoy acclaim	LIONISE
The Vatican's one English hub accommodates 150	ENCLAVE
They're hit in a mine on the way up, Mike admitted	TIMPANI
Thinker’s uncommon zest during recess	NIETZSCHE
Unthinking reaction to tap in surgery?	knee-jerk
Unwanted Parisian withdraws after this writer's brought in	IMPORTED
You are to leave with dispatch, taking it easy	GENTLY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1749
Clues	Answers
A large tree or small plant	ALPINE
Absence of credit bringing reprimand	tick off
Coins, almost one pound, for writer	PENCIL
Come to a funeral party	AWAKE
Dancer following in the steps of Armstrong?	moonwalker
Feeling ecstasy, joining movement	EMOTION
Flashy, like the air force?	RAFFISH
Flier finished crossing river	DRONE
Former Soviet managed to seize one on American ship	RUSSIAN
Free choice moving tabernacle round church	carte blanche
Fuss by patient initially needing support in ward	ADOPTEE
Jogger perhaps stirring below	ELBOW
Kicked the bucket, these sticking out of mouth	buck teeth
Last chairman sacked for fraud	CHARLATANISM
One can count on learning this at school	ARITHMETIC
Permitted line very bad	LAWFUL
Quarrel: it turns very loud	TIFF
Sham medicine put old boy back	PLACEBO
Silently indicated wide road leading to sea	MIMED
Start of last month turning very chilly	ICED
Strong feeling, occasionally fierce	IRE
Terrible weather greets Mike behind rocky peak	HAILSTORM
Vehicle a worry, mostly	CAR
Work hard in attempt to win this?	TROPHY