The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2018 02 01

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Just on left, close to lay-by ONLY
FINISHED BY ATTACK EXPOSING ROOK OVERCHARGE
Guarantee cry of pain after volts applied VOUCH
CLIMBING HIGH MOUNTAIN SURROUNDED BY PRAIRIE PLAIN
Lack of soil on ground, ultimately DEARTH
Half-naked celebrity STAR
Artistic Italian waterway and Latin quarter of Sorrento CANALETTO
Marshal Pétain trapping peacekeepers before noon with sea power? NEPTUNIAN
Large number, hundred, abandoning vessel RAFT
Witches on short mission to seal husband in cooking pot DUTCH OVEN
He arranged some rags and boots with ends missing ELLINGTON
Compelling work, foremost of paintings by mature English artist page-turner
Provide witty remark after end of satire EQUIP
Primrose’s cousin is over 40 and flipping sanctimonious OXLIP
Way to go about home system ROUTINE
Nail polish back in style, man explains ENAMEL
Tries an exotic wine RETSINA
BIRD HIT HIGH IN THE AIR BY LARGE VESSEL SKYLARK
Craft fine cryptic clue, more or less FELUCCA
CRITIC OF SATIRICAL SHOW HEARD BY QUEEN REVIEWER
Relax wearing friend's fur CHINCHILLA
Simple dwellings (play on words) HOMESPUN
VILE EDICT IS FARCICAL TO WIT VIDELICET
Backed commercial corporation in fact DATUM
Harry Basset, perhaps HOUND
US storyteller Remus, perhaps, penning author’s introduction TWAIN
ABANDON FIGHT SCRAP
Cool, informed female designer making comeback SANGFROID
Brand awareness to convey coherent message MAKE SENSE
Some terrific screenwriters around in this genre sci-fi
Hips — a lot replaced here? HOSPITAL
Exchange views about one pine, perhaps CONIFER
You dated visiting lecturer, a Senior Fellow DOYEN
One unlikely to win a race with dimwitted trainer SLOWCOACH
Invited to accept golf club’s proof of membership? BADGE
Head off lame evildoer’s first trespass IMPINGE
Ghastly covers of Lou Reed, including a single LURID
Connoisseur seizing fashionable gnome FINANCIER
MIMIC A BISHOP ON BOARD VESSEL PARROT
Seals experience narrow escape CLOSE SHAVE
Cast? That’s supporting cast SLING
Stumbling briefly, hooking drive, making bogey HOBGOBLIN
Shy going to bed RETIRING
Broadcast a child-friendly Q&A about tanks AQUARIA
Esoteric worship suppressing New England possession OWNERSHIP
Male whale? Nonsense BULL
Actress Jean in Essex town HARLOW
Pacific nation’s gold in new version of rugby NAURU
Busted a suspect with hand on drug? Could be this open-and-shut case
Article in large house that adds taste VANILLA
Cut down on binding agent? GLUON
Worried about group of farmers splitting up communal resource in quantity DESSERTSPOONFUL
A small amount of tin securing knight’s chain APENNINES
Some clever dick composer VERDI