The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2018 01 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Composer not keen on a pop screening please note OFFENBACH
Russian leader’s wife volunteers to hide chemical weapon TSARINA
Evil is returning with nefarious leader SIN
Demanding head should not be involved in quarrel TIFF
Very able recruits initially residing in tough US university HARVARD
One country or another welcoming almost everyone AUSTRALIA
Type of diving ducks finally seen on island SCUBA
Wild animals: sharks, we hear? CHEETAHS
Insulin, say, moorhen might produce HORMONE
Passing trains, ten diverted TRANSIENT
With pride, she and I performing in reduced circumstances LIONESS
Christmas prize giver, heartless NOEL
Not entirely laid back, bees uniquely busy IN USE
Rotating machine showing effect of sun after eclipses CAPSTAN
Boy catches some poetry SONNETS
Great lover, antipodean native hugging me ROMEO
It follows return of airmen to this point THUS FAR
Content in the style of old magazine? PLEASED AS PUNCH
Potential miss — not entirely upset when it’s enregistered ERNESTINE
Idiotic of doctor cutting French department back TOMFOOL
Watch ever so unreliable, black inside OBSERVE
Jersey-carrying possibly affected half-wit catching cold WITH CALF
BLUE SQUARE CONSERVATIVE
Sucker will disbelieve the basic truth, last of all LEECH
Craft displayed by heads of European Science Institutes LAUNCHES
Increasing success in sailors' drink GROWING
FOOL, A SILLY SAUSAGE FOR STARTERS ASS
Player heading for success prospers: not bad! SPORTSPERSON
Woman’s brought up slippers for repairs in cobbler’s? REHEELS
Rugby player’s sneaky little drink FLY HALF
Men network at party in US resort ORLANDO
PAPA WITH FAMILY FORMS TO FILL OUT AMPLIFY
Avoiding blame when our language teaching gets no backing TEFLON
Obvious I had to enter competition EVIDENT
Not the white team, we hear YOLK
Going on pig’s back, following ox with family YAKKING
Strength — could be MIGHT
Very pale, he's an eccentric ASHEN
Where to stand round at breakfast? TOAST RACK
BIG AND BEAUTIFUL! HANDSOME
A LOT TO BEAR WITH DIFFICULTY FROM COCKNEY YOUTH UMPTEEN
Small boy tethers dogs WESTIES
Too trendy to win round barristers, in general INTO THE BARGAIN
Cod with unpleasant smell circling round one’s washing SHAMPOOING
Shortest section of the track Nine Ladies Dancing INSIDE LANE
Play set in a Southern English town STAINES
RAG: IT'S ARRANGED FOR FREE GRATIS
Same novel under new titles NAMES
Papa's partner embracing good, hot rock MAGMA
Somewhat shabby, poor design seen from the back is sagging DROOPY
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE MORNING PAPERS REAM
What was a woolly bear’s extraordinary girth to me! TIGER MOTH
Reinforced building before attack: a healthy practice KEEP FIT
Girl recalled attempt to chop wood MYRTLE