The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2018 02 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Frenchman landing place with royal backing PIERRE
TORY BACKED A NEW PARTY? IMPOSSIBLE NO CAN DO
NOMAD'S TENT INVADED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS TRANSIENT
SCOFFED AT END OF SCENE ATE
Put out someone to grass NARK
In retrospect, medicines rarely include … this? ARSENIC
MANAGEMENT SPEECH ABOUT ILL-GOTTEN GAINS ORGANISATION
Sir sits alone, sadly, in this? SOLITARINESS
Issue of accident-prone doctor being raised with others? FOSTER CHILDREN
Cooler, more easy-going OPEN PRISON
Rambling in Feb stopping potholer’s winter depression? CABIN FEVER
An element of unknown, batting first for change ZINC
String player left with composer, we hear, after church CELLIST
Film excerpt left in capturing sound of horses’ hooves clip-clopping
Anger regularly seen in Israel IRE
Chap is, note, visibly embarrassed after getting important letter? REGISTERED POST
Little dog eating male's shoe PUMP
Trucker’s wife doomed? WAGONER
Hardly surprising, snow on Derry’s walls NO WONDER
SIGN OF ERROR WITH REPAIR MAKES ONE IRRITABLE CROSSPATCH
Ham is twice mistaken for fish dish SASHIMI
Not moving in with a pal from Northern Ireland INANIMATE
Record for auditors comparatively feeble denial DISCLAIMER
Plan to welcome His Excellency at last IN THE END
Slips tailored with oriental fabric PLISSE
Over road you'll see big tailless creature BIRD
What Italian repeated in front of Poles and people in Russia CHECHENS
A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT SPIES A SHRUB ACACIA
Group in circulation taking train where air travel the norm AVIARY
Minority group losing leader in battle ACTION
Partner no longer can pour drinks one put out EXTINGUISH
ANCIENT PLACE NOT WELL VENTILATED, ON REFLECTION ILLYRIA
Leg needing support to land ONSHORE
One skims the drink: Black Russian, amusingly? JET SKI
DREAMER, ONE I SPOTTED IN KENTISH TOWN STREET IDEALIST
Briefly, Louis XIV ruined SUNK
QUESTION: DOES SUSAN EXIST? ISSUE
Flipping onion making you cry! BLUB
BIRD SETTLING IN WATER NEARBY TERN
RELIGIOUS GROUP READY TO CARRY CARDINAL'S CROWN SECT
African no longer in sin bin, say, fouled outside area ABYSSINIAN
Rum for one to steal INCH
CRAFTSMEN LOADING JUNK INTO EMPTY PICK-UPS PLUMBERS
Wine Morse, perhaps, knocked back after start of meal MEDOC
Hand over ear’s observed incorrectly? CEDE
Everyone’s awake early, evidently, and readily available ON A PLATE
THOUGHT MANAGING DIRECTOR WILL LIMIT EMPLOYMENT MUSED
BOOZY SORT WHO LEAVES GRATUITY WHEN CONSUMING LITRES? TIPPLER
GEOFF SAT UNCOMFORTABLY IN THE WINGS off-stage
Beatles record — a single? TICKET TO RIDE
Flier shot — with this? RIFLE
Contest broadcast on TV — in which case something valuable? JEWEL BOX