The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Content of book appears to be skewed in TV programme SOAP OPERA
Be out longer than intended having finished taking skins up OVERSLEEP
Fish in catch, one monster hauled up — snapper? CROCODILIAN
Figure of male grabbed by itinerant breaking free RHOMBOID
Catch that's catchy? HOOK
Country health resort, fashionable SPAIN
Island nation never accepted ultimatum, riling union leaders NAURU
Final points in remit resolved TERMINI
End street work STOP
Old poet in middle of school run HORACE
Lapse, not bad for sailor SIN
Large area, no doubt — maybe Asia, some suggest initially LANDMASS
Fish struggle to stay afloat FLOUNDER
Credit facility line CREASE
Nit-picking editor briefly in small room off kitchen? PEDANTRY
Pair, ignoring me, come up with article in French COUPLE
Commercial securing India’s support AID
Renegade can’t tour after review TURNCOAT
Sadly it may fall — hurry! TEAR
Second trite idea leading to derision SCORN
Skill at crossing river ART
Daughter with Yankee beau DANDY
Sweetheart’s lively valley do LADYLOVE
Dad’s Army, right for Elvis, say? POP STAR
Got up to display national emblem ROSE
Forgo leer every so often — this one? OGLE
Almost all cheating to get European title FRAU
Batting with no indication of time, completely overwhelmed INUNDATED
Something loathed in gymkhana, the mare? ANATHEMA
Highlights importance of introduction of safety locks STRESSES
One of those on the fiddle — and bit of a racket? STRING
Fuss about vocab omitting British fruit AVOCADO
Amongst pointed objects, men discover scissors PINKING SHEARS
Out of bed and on one's feet, honest UPSTANDING
Like Great Bear, some mariners tell a rookie STELLAR
Stomach device briefly placed under jaw GASTRIC
A ton wasted with credit diminishing DETRACTION
Maybe past worrying TENSE
Recalling a number one island IONA
Rotten cricket side OFF
Test racer smashed vehicle! STREETCAR
PM in place less cultivated? HEATH
A poem by Byron ultimately artless NAIF
Time of day to return unchanged NOON
Welcome referring to Church the writer’s supporting RECEIVE
Trees burning somewhere in Hampshire ALDERSHOT
Strict order of mail train so arranged formalisation
Try series of motorbike races, a must GOTTA
Medal Regius Professor initially suggested? PURPLE HEART
Stick this person in part of Sydney BONDI
Simple piece of music couple picked up in China? CHOPSTICKS
Sample of crystal clear powder TALC
Raise a second monster COCKATRICE
Person taking photograph, you might say — one's spread out? PICNICKER