The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2014 11 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Miles short, person doing an easy walk becomes fitter ABLER
Someone ruining ancient city in endless wasteland DESTROYER
Some interpret extenuation as a dishonest excuse PRETEXT
Success consists of entering race — selection is crucial to me DARWINIST
Number initially opposing Rorke's Drift TENOR
PLASTERED PERFORMERS SUITED TO KNOCKABOUT? ROUGHCAST
Possible cliff damage is a disgrace LOSSOFFACE
Nobody getting cross over "foreign" gas XENON
Engineer could rev engine to excess OVERINDULGENCE
Aid surprisingly enlisted by Cook on an island, or by a castaway MANFRIDAY
Mats fit after correcting bias based on size FATTISM
BOUNDED, AS WORK IS BY ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCE LOPED
Kentish Town's vertical nature SHEERNESS
RECALL SIGNIFICANT TIMES RESTRAINING BRITISH CAVALRYMAN SABRE
Cow catches up after tea CHASTEN
PRESUMABLY HAVE INFLUENCE, KEEPING LAST OF ANIMAL'S DEAD SKIN CUTICLE
Temperature graduation places city on African coast TUNIS