The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2015 12 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
DID RACE AROUND INVERTED GROOVE CAUSE EXTREME DISCOMFORT? TORTURE
Refuse to move round secondary bit of Putney Heath, perhaps westward DETRITUS
What hardworking mural sculptor feels when finished? RELIEF
METAL CONTAINER IN TWO FORMS, GOOD ON A SLOPE CANTING
Reason for mounting desire could be the sauciest beer BECAUSEITSTHERE
MISS OTIS, MOSTLY, REGRETTABLY, FILLED WITH CONSTANT PHLEGM? STOICISM
Charlie understood unfinished note that's dominant in the air NITROGEN
PERSISTENTLY THOUGHT MUCKY OVER TIME DWELT
LEAD GUNNERS INTO LURCH? THEY MIGHT TOPBRASS
Woman who's left something back in brasserie-hotel HEIRESS
IRISH SPIRIT PENETRATING THROUGH STATE VIRGINIA
Charlie Chan's odd parts in short moneymaker COCAINE
FLAG-WAVER WHO STAYS IN TOUCH? LINESMAN
STERN DIRECTION GETS FILM WITH LAST CUT IN TROUBLE AFFLICT
Mushroom whorl? SPIRAL
NOT WANTING WASTE CARPET TO BE CHUCKED IN RIVER FRUGAL
Productive period shortened for scientist associated with shake-ups RICHTER
HALF OF EDGE COLLECTING ANOTHER'S DIRT GRIME
Who'll deliver news — or jokes if taken in by con? MEDIA
REBEL DUKE ISN'T EMBRACING FACTION DISSIDENT
BASE FOR LAST PUSH ON PEAK, SAY, IS AFFECTED IN THE EXTREME HIGHCAMP
FRINGE ACTIVITIES OF MAGICIANS, NOT HAVING CAUGHT UP SKIRT
POUND KEPT FROM ELENA AFTER WORKING LIKE A TROJAN AENEAS
Freed from incarceration too late? OUTOFTIME
PIECE OF MEAT THAT IS PROVIDING A DISH CUTIE
RELIANCE ON FACTS IS TO DIVIDE KINGDOM REALISM
Non-fire is wrong for this? INFERNO
Relating to a centre? Sounds like people're going to FOCAL
SUPPORTER OF COMMERCIAL RIGHTS? I MAKE IT UP AS I GO ALONG ADLIBBER
MAGNIFYING DECIMALLY, I LIE ABOUT AREA INTENSIFICATION