The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Ought US city to be gripped by an obsession? ANYTHING
Nuts as items on Christmas table CRACKERS
Resort in Iberian country not favoured SPA
Managed to continue in Asian capital once RANGOON
Take out old pamphlet EXTRACT
Juice to some extent poisonous apparently SAP
Jock's exclamation about a particular colour OCHRE
Imagine avoiding one tricky puzzle! ENIGMA
Appeal of domestic cleaner, little maiden CHARM
Erects billets puts up
Caught fibres in items of furniture CHAIRS
Boy eating a vegetable BEAN
Scrutinise attention in school SEARCH
Be a girl, disguised in nativity play role? GABRIEL
Person possibly given documentation after prison sentence life form
Move poet to pen right line PROPEL
Intense skill, circling where animal hides ARDENT
Fail to stress indication of softness in some carpeting? UNDERPLAY
Peer coming ahead of time stopped prematurely EARL
Dance very unnecessary in party REEL
Said again, looking embarrassed about country RESTATED
Courageous and fortunate in pursuit of power PLUCKY
Catwalk is home to a fugitive RUNAWAY
Tree in land close to sea, we hear BEECH
A cry for help about worst poisonous substance ASBESTOS
Unhappy about German city's educational establishment SORBONNE
Uplifting demeanour in dire situation DOOM
A hundred and one restrictions in places like Leeds CITIES
Writer’s one book covered in a lot of rubble SCRIBE
Start to climb up to get on piece of furniture CUPBOARD
Policeman redirected persons to crime INSPECTOR MORSE
Dominant kid grabbing Pole repeatedly BOSSY
Court request collected works — has to involve President first habeas corpus
Base receiving warning after cream tea curdled — when still edible? best-before date
£25, including fees returned by Mike Carroll? PSEUDONYM
“Fancy beer,” I crow, “runs in my place for making it” MICROBREWERY