The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2017 12 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Light meal Athena regularly provides TEA
Tactic initially used by City Group TRIO
Gave Irish footballer ring midweek? BESTOWED
Fanciful idea concerning church in short quote CONCEIT
British fish and others around for shopping BETRAYAL
No end to dismal accommodation in resort HOVE
Destruction of Capitol occurring in month? This could spread! APPLICATOR
SPINELESS CREATURE WELCOMES US TO FLANDERS CLUBS MOLLUSC
Terribly urgent cases hard for this German GUNTHER
Bet one will be put on charge ACCUMULATOR
Composer embracing cold American god BACCHUS
Design such as Odo commissioned records shot TAPESTRY
A pudding sent back cold ALOOF
A very good man — I rock! STONE
Bear’s friend in bygone days with body of deer EEYORE
Boy is to attempt record collection REGISTRY
Boy, we hear, to go on a bender KNEEL
Bribe artist, and no singer SOPRANO
Employer’s bum steers, every so often USER
Hair needing to be cut, perhaps, though hardly extending this far! FURLONG
Irregularly, stayed outside university for part of the week TUESDAY
Naval hero’s grip on opponent NELSON
Pudding that’s no good DUFF
Rescue last of fine offal placed in skip DELIVERANCE
Sweet, some music a keyboardist produces! CAKE
Hen parties I organised: one’s held by apprentice TRAINEESHIP
Affect Tory supporters with reminder to behave appropriately HIT THE RIGHT NOTE
Heap of dust finally placed in bag STACK
Transport gold fabric clothing gang AUTOMOBILE
Long-distance runner having zero energy NILE
Are these speakers barking? WOOFERS
In meantime firm must replace current phone system INTERCOM
Gucci to start with simply formed tunic GYMSLIP
Church to copy Lutyens’ façade in religious building  CHAPEL
Greedy — backing stratagem, that is — not heartless ESURIENT
Dismiss objection showing old-fashioned brass SACKBUT
Lyric poem’s style devoid of metre? ODE
Margins deserting Arab Bank? Not often!  RARELY
Shield lets axe in once and he's crocked ESCUTCHEON
Top individual appearing in fashion title CAPTION
Somewhat embarrassing 16 ARRAS
Men feature in virgin's paintings PORTRAITURE
Senior instructor getting post in footer? The opposite! HEADMASTER
They drop to deadly effect — in two ways dive-bombers
Motivates writer to dispense with peripheral characters URGES
Son heads for Klosters in Switzerland and ...? SKIS
Socialists exist, ignored? LEFT BE
One swearing aloud, finding something on computer screen CURSOR
Oily bend in pipe, perhaps, with suction breaking UNCTIOUS
New author’s Muir, they say RUMOUR HAS IT
Local branch hostile about new detailed references CHAPTER AND VERSE
Strongholds in castle I’d converted CITADELS
Greeting in place for little man PHIL
Rest of weight porky lecturer carries lie-down