The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2016 12 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Damage to include a length of old coastal defence MARTELLO
RECKON WRONGLY AND NEARLY OMIT TO COME TO A CONCLUSION MISJUDGE
GIORDANO'S COMPOSED IN A RATHER OVERBLOWN STYLE GRANDIOSO
Card game Jack's leading — no pressure JOKER
Do wrong breaking into reserved wine SHERRY
CHAP IN GREAT TROUBLE HAVING TO CATCH EUROPEAN BIRD PAINTEDSNIPE
HARD CUTTING TRAGIC ROLE FOR OPERETTA COMPOSER LEHAR
UNPRODUCTIVE ANGER FOLLOWS SET GOING WRONG STERILE
Son gets on with everything except gym kit WALLBARS
APPOINT A SECOND OPERATOR, PERHAPS ASSIGN
Throw away fish savoury item DUMPLING
Bento full — with this in it? TOFU
Levy on departures, hence taxi and train are badly used INHERITANCETAX
Where the Pope may be wrong as to Golden Calf? CASTELGANDOLFO
SADIST'S OUTSIDE WITH STRONG DESIRE FOR PAIN STITCH
Ought the Queen note somebody on which her sword rests? SHOULDERBONE
Make figures half responsible for blocking street SCULPT
Am lifting well-boring plant, ancient garden annual MARIGOLD
Number of runs acquired by the English THREE
Critical speech revealed by microphone below boom? POLEMIC
French lake — it has fish taken all over for scientific examination PRACTICAL
HEARING SOUND OF BELL ON PUSS CATCHING
FIRST LIGHT NEVER BEGINS FOR BLIND AWNING
MOTHER ALARMED WHEN SHUNTED ABOUT IN JAM MARMALADE
Excellent price reported for imported ice cream KULFI
Standard choice of starters on naff menu NORM
Hymn referred to as old, end-of-the-century? HUNDREDTH
Rubbish cut by editor — he's beginning to be very good REDHOT