The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2017 01 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Polluted lake is kept free of last of oil TARNISHED
BAND'S SECOND DRUG-INDUCED EXPERIENCE, TAKING ECSTASY STRIPE
RIGHT SMOOTH WINE FROM THIS AREA? RHONE
THEY LEARN THERE'S LOTS OF WATER IN RIVER TRAINEES
Quiet ayatollah gutted former Middle Eastern ruler SHAH
Rarely seen wearing casual clothes at university and work INSHORTSUPPLY
Where to arrive from foreign terminus, crossing Iran's borders DESTINATION
One has no time for academic environment UNI
Maybe phone business over new form of diplomacy CONTACT
Celebrate with trainer, say, briefly recruited by former Wimbledon winner? PASSINGSHOT
Clever pupil shows this book just when meeting the head BRIGHTNESS
A number of pints one's brought in for people getting tanked? AQUARISTS
Poet describes the old lady of society DOYENNE
Man working to safeguard prominent lady? CHAPERON
Somebody incompetent NOTABLE
Performing in cabaret without energy, one has the hump repeatedly BACTRIAN
Crises one's resolved in economically-challenging periods RECESSIONS
Legion turned back helpless dairymaid MYRIAD
Houses back-to-back at top of a row HOOHA
Blokeish male into culture HEARTY
Noise made by cat chasing small duck SMEW
Fellow having soldiers surrounded in old battle site BORODINO
Gossip picked up in this place, for example HEARSAY
One's cracked shell NUTCASE
Style of pop music a hit RAP
Jack is hard on confounded Tories HOISTER
Maybe a BA with first in English, top mark AGRADE
State school in a rut, transformed by head of academy SOUTHCAROLINA