The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ARTIST OF VERY FASHIONABLE MERIT HEPWORTH
RELIGIOUS BODY, ONE SEPARATING TWO VESSELS VATICAN
ALERT, LOOKING TO PASS OR SHOOT? ON THE BALL
Current PM returned agreement for freedom IMPUNITY
Some regular gent, in essence, from South America ARGENTINE
FAUST BRIAN PUT TOGETHER WITHOUT LEADING NOTES, LIKE BERG? AUSTRIAN
RAISE FLAG JACK
One unhappy to be kept inside light fence PALISADE
Gun with zero plastic HOWITZER
Lie with gusto outrageously? One might EULOGIST
Parrot sprang completely upwards ROSELLA
Picked up uniform getting highly promoted? UPRAISED
Quiet increasingly embarrassed evidence destroyer? SHREDDER
Some crocodiles over in pool LIDO
Son gets upset belly with fruit when it’s past its best? sell-by date
Supposed bird’s denying exclamation after hours in Poe PHOENIX
Adopt American English USE
Card game — suddenly lose it? SNAP
Character breaking tea urn NATURE
Complain when love concealed by relative GROAN
Evidence of flight building up to arrival VAPOUR TRAIL
Glass, one rolling over and over TUMBLER
Hand raised? Stop trying! GIVE UP
Horse briefly on mark COLON
One roaming in path like a big cat LEONINE
Preserve hot water? JAM
Range of colours allowed in meat spread PALETTE
Region around northern amphitheatre ARENA
Restriction has Labour leader in party despondent CLAMPDOWN
Restyle complex shortly TERSELY
Rogue is mighty puckish, originally IMP
Staff repel son fraudulently claiming compensation, finally PERSONNEL
Swell chaps ending in debt after a month AUGMENT
Talk, and sink back GAS
Wave goes over fish: one runs on foot ROLLER SKATE
Young lover, little doll? TOYBOY
Female in metallic fabric, but not good for ex? OLD FLAME
Downfall of party over ending of Thatcherism DOOM
Complain when Poe’s end’s lost literary raven GRIP
Chill excessively, remaining calm OVERCOOL
Charlie’s married after single mistake SOLECISM
Cat spoiled with bream and seafood CRABMEAT
Calmly put new pen in carrier TRANQUILLY
Boring group made to assemble at home flat-pack
Superficially misleading issue cop sorted out SPECIOUS
The Three Broomsticks pub in Hertfordshire town POTTERS BAR
University representative broadcast in sound UNIMPAIRED
What will encourage change for litmus? Iodine STIMULI
What helps one work out the tongue-tied Bronte? DUMBBELL
Book unknown during long period of history EZRA
Biologist’s need to include sheep that’s brought back LAMARCK
Leave a coat PARKA
Shoot from the air, moving faster STRAFE
Trade in obsolete coins? EXCHANGE