The Times Cryptic November 30 2020 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27835
Clues	Answers
A French cookery writer reportedly never surpassed	UNBEATEN
A right pain, a lemur, primarily living in tree!	ARBOREAL
African capital where an old banger may end up, do we hear?	KHARTOUM
Bird top man and woman located in tree	KINGFISHER
Boss missing start of Disney film	UMBO
Dance a woman's beginning to accompany outside a bar	HABANERA
Deal tiro organised for worshipper of false god	IDOLATER
Developing army corps set up information outlet at last	EMERGENT
Exist as male insect, or biblical monster?	BEHEMOTH
Extremely low bite from wild animal	timber wolf
French priest born in Lincoln?	ABBE
Girl in party upset old poet	OVID
Lively friend dipping into a new set of papers?	ANIMATED
Old boy mostly existing with love in limbo	OBLIVION
Plain nurse's distorted description of Iberia	PENINSULAR
Recce ship's officer's gun enclosure	CASEMATE
Restaurant's pronounced gamble over hotel on river	STEAKHOUSE
Restrain fellow fighter pilot capturing head of Luftwaffe?	MANACLE
Rise for poor peasant ringing about aquatic bird	DABCHICK
Sanctions optical aids, including insurance cover to begin with	LICENSES
Soak one's hair at first __ it's fairly excessive	STEEPISH
Sound made by chosen Caledonian tribesman	PICT
Southern queen with capacity to grasp bishop's argument	SQUABBLE
Tack supplier's son finally fell, bitten by snake	SADDLER
The Spanish character long ago carrying priest's ordinal?	ELEVENTH
Token of victory originally that hurt reigning monarch	VOUCHER
Verbally control attempt to catch right type of woodpecker	RAINBIRD
Wax lyrical in this way entering quarters	ENTHUSE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1755
Clues	Answers
Again hear about score at Twickenham?	RETRY
American Society occupying congress area in SE England	SUSSEX
Arm perhaps supporting priest with doctor	FORELIMB
Article by magazine about graduate crossing one African country	the gambia
At work, Kath itches to retire	hit the sack
Companion with cake failing to open large country house	CHATEAU
Crime Harry scorns regularly	ARSON
Dog that is left on bridge	SPANIEL
Fighter plane tilts over before burning	SPITFIRE
Finish part of bowls match	END
Go away to live with a bird	beat it
Hindu instructor moved through water against current	SWAMI
I've messed up zero operations	OOPS
Instrument leaders of group used in the auditorium rarely	GUITAR
Junk that is ignored by husband	TAT
Lying, perhaps, in wrong church with religious class	INSINCERE
Mysterious flash around plug	SHADOWY
Nothing disturbs even throwing game	QUOITS
Observed envoy on vacation with newsman	EYED
Old female repeatedly absent	OFF
Rated new company's architectural style	art deco
Sign left on hospital department	PORTENT
Silver ring gone	AGO
Slipping on hard fish	HERRING
Somewhat windy ahead, knocking back Austrian composer	HAYDN
Stuffing own loot casually under child's bed	cotton wool