The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2018 12 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
African mammal found in book, a pig OKAPI
Former leaders in Chelsea evidently like to do well EXCEL
Oddly, niece is born NEE
MANAGE WORK IN CHURCH COPE
Find out it's arcane, mysteriously ASCERTAIN
Very basic electrical unit for siren VAMP
Censorship of the October Revolution? REDACTION
Attempt retiring SHY
Deliberate snatching is bad treatment MISUSE
Evergreen explorer cut down in front of Resolution SCOTS PINE
Major operation as Times each year put on finals of puzzles championships BYPASS
One who introduces expert on Browning? TOASTMASTER
Beauty in red rose REBELLED
Quite a few cut, almost everyone SEVERAL
Wash first of nightclothes in advance RINSE
Person checking street out TESTER
Leader leaves English county for Italian region UMBRIA
Head erased from colossal image PIC
Detective Gadget succeeded inside the CID, for example SENSOR
A carriage heading for Scottish cathedral city AMIENS
A beastly mother keeping literary retrospective for gifted child MATILDA
Beaten pro flinches, heavyweight's heading for a shiner? FRENCH POLISH
General grounds for curtailment LEE
Man responsible for distribution of toxin around centre of Salisbury POISSON
Singer’s second discussion about sound quality? STONECHAT
Perhaps a sett … the setter’s material DENIM
Frequently outspoken on males: time for a quota ALLOTMENT
Might Mark blitz clues? MUSCLE
Little car entering Jerusalem in Israel MINI
The endless growth in snooker THWART
She’s short with pot belly — that’s Mum! SHTUM
Cast me in a film ANIME
Alienate new sergeant ESTRANGE
Comprehensive school’s first XI linked up with a top forward FULL STEAM AHEAD
MOVE IMPETUOUSLY TO SACRIFICE PAWN AND FOIL ATTACK? LUNGE
ONE MIGHT SEE SPIDER ON THIS: HOWLS OUT LOUD? BAIZE
Climbers — our team's nine, roughly MOUNTAINEERS
Flower spread, a hundred having risen BUTTERCUP
Lumières can’t broadcast without a place to show all their work? MULTISCREEN
I am one member of nest maybe suited to parrots IMITABLE
Brilliant odds before racehorse runs SPARKLER
Presume needs fixing, above all SUPREME
Discharge suspect concealing high explosive RHEUM
Bent coppers splitting up, say PREDISPOSITION
One who has it may quickly lose it SHORT FUSE
Occasion that is wrapping up day EVENTIDE
Surprisingly porcine, old sheep's cheese PECORINO
Categorise works evading understanding, ultimately as such ESOTERICA
Mother has difficult dog MASTIFF
Different era isn't more unpleasant NASTIER
Loud pub, European FINN
Harry Truman taking on board current thinking RUMINANT
Service area, carnage MASSACRE
Negative male in America MINUS