The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Attractive Exmoor heroine heading off, crazed ORNAMENTAL
Background of PC that's prepared for hanging? WALLPAPER
Discharge PM with large following in home counties SPITTLE
Discover limits of executives' pay ESPY
Donor somehow keeps workers' group booming OROTUND
Flat shortage with curious result LACKLUSTRE
Injured bird leaves stormy Outer Hebrides for shelter in wood TREE HOUSE
Last longer than exhausted enemy leader in conflict OUTWEAR
Screw, prison's second in annexe WRING
Sister nursing case of cruel, painful back condition SCLEROSIS
Alight, boogie! GET DOWN
As lute starts, organ starts too ALSO
Capital in Asia then, Seoul ATHENS
Darling goes after bargain a bit SNIPPET
Don't spend penny on brush SKIMP
Fish skin, but no head EEL
For example, the recital's pitiful ARTICLE
Former lover, large specimen EXAMPLE
Herb, guru SAGE
Lanky, like a group of criminals might you say? GANGLY
Leader, first of those on hand? TOP BANANA
Left going in terribly straight to produce shiner STARLIGHT
Little time invested in ropey novel, creative work POETRY
Middle card HEART
Might one organise the classroom? SCHOOLMASTER
On top of elevated location, caught cold CHILL
Passed fingers over material FELT
Put swimmer on the phone? PLACE
Sign in trouble, ominously LEO
Somewhere for the players to hear script that's rewritten ORCHESTRA PIT
Sweet animal picked up by the ears? MOUSSE
This person is underlining a point AIM
Try getting fit for game TEST MATCH
A bible in US city for bookworm, perhaps LARVA
Rower hitting front of yacht sinks here, maybe SCULLERY
Replace budgie food picked up after half-hearted late feed SUPERSEDE
Recording equipment orbiting globe for space intruder METEOR
Put up with drill BORE
Present society leading the way SHOW
One canon I'd recalled for festival DIWALI
Old Spanish silver, gallery's property REAL ESTATE
Non-English issue about to be packed for delivery DICTION
Musical excerpts for which versatile singer not required? RINGTONES
More genial Liberal let down by the Speaker MELLOWER
Luscious currants primarily filling bun with sweetness DOLCE
Line up in entry to perform pirouette GYRATE
Leggy bird, one proceeding with difficulty? WADER
Song and dance among endless Christmas turns LULLABY
Stray owls seen heading for recreation ground OWNERLESS
Stuff youngster carries round LOAD
Vale in Provence long swathed in gold ADIEU
What’s found inside vendor sent back ENDORSE
Under pressure to answer, perhaps, immediately ON THE SPOT
Yours truly shut up network MESH
Escape, pinching fanciful tree decoration? FAIRY LIGHT
Fancy sex turning up in middle of day! NOTION
Go for higher denomination cash in recession SET ON
Fashionable joint HIP