The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Frenzied dances go to higher level ASCEND
Busy worker recoils at first drink BEER
Torched mine, excitedly taking in heat ENDOTHERMIC
What’s regularly claimed to be buried in a particular place LIE
Catch a police officer COP
City stores record in volcanic hill COLOGNE
Convent girl in Dublin undecided NUN
Cunning leader missing from demo ARCH
Dance company not giving assistance for beginners CONGA
Derby date changed for sleeping partner? TEDDY BEAR
Flood in lower position to involve river DROWN
Fury endless in downmarket newspaper RAG
Heard French port is bust, in part BREAST
Lightweight Dicky trapped in MiG strike MILLIGRAM
Noticed train shifting coach inappropriately? INDOCTRINATE
Penny to pick up — take it PRESUME
Poise shown by Turing for example in times past BALANCE
Right to support Her Majesty PROPER
Shotgun moved around LA for attack ONSLAUGHT
Subcontinental adder seen in unexpected hot spell INDIAN SUMMER
Tree garden run well in a corporation ARBORETUM
Worry intervenes in attempt to find agreement TREATY
Mind catching it in UK? BRITAIN
Jetty accommodates one adventurer PIONEER
Tiny involuntary convulsion, primarily TIC
Suspecting obscure fungus almost directly MISTRUSTFUL
Source of present British managed boat BRAN TUB
Set aside phone receiver ring-fence
Sergeant perhaps breaking into song in historic Scots village GLENCOE
Runny glue a shilling? I’m stuck for a name for it! THINGUMABOB
Outstanding concert in marquee, but only one tango PROMINENT
Middle gear learner driver engaged in frightful ride IDLER
Mark every killer whale, any number from Balearic area MALLORCAN
Loud gale circulating round large Welsh town DOLGELLAU
Knight and men secure ancient upcountry region NORLAND
Information on jacket smear, black BLURB
Hero accepting elevation as god CUPID
Ends financial penalties FINES
Channels in sea area around island MEDIA
Bird back around a village in Africa KRAAL
Be too much to get part of pub mob at soccer turning back? COST A BOMB
At home getting involved in ordinary diplomacy? FINESSE