The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2018 12 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
More than one vegetable has a hole in it, we hear? LEEKS
CARBON ON HELMET SOMETHING TO DISCUSS TOPIC
CHOOSE SOMETHING ON SNOOKER TABLE FOR THIEF PICKPOCKET
Sphere of control that is in the middle of Stafford FIEF
A container is slightly open AJAR
Hat good on Spanish chap briefly adopting uniform HOMBURG
I say nothing to Elizabeth, ultimately OOH
Inspiration will bring one down DIAPHRAGM
Layer of cells in men odder after surgery ENDODERM
Music producer, fraud FIDDLE
Peculiar bend in formal attire DICKY BOW
A lot of ships coming in near Madagascar ARMADA
Abundant written language — there’s a lot of fun in that PROFUSE
Envy drove me to cut a large tear in fabric? RESENTMENT
Excuse covered by hysteria libidinosa ALIBI
Fast collection of boats FLEET
Father’s thanks for Italian food PASTA
Fellow nearly defying senior official MANDARIN
Fur ball swallowed by feline COAT
Issue again concerning Diana’s admiring statement REDISTRIBUTE
Meeting remains to be arranged SEMINAR
Myopia can now change where sailor climbs on board COMPANIONWAY
Slight depression is plain with daughter instead of son DIMPLE
Small problem angler hopes for? CATCH
Tell tales of louse’s egg found in school SNITCH
What trespasser does skinning tench and other freshwater fish ENCROACH
Go with “Tea for Two”, not half! CHAPERONE
Don't ask me to recall party with love NO CAN DO
Dirge, primarily, in Ring Cycle PEDAL
Blade is article in gold OAR
Nail last piece of some wood PINE
Brass player of something hackneyed and alien CORNET
A little drink precedes a tense situation DRAMA
WITH ACNE TREATED EXTERNALLY, LEFT SPOTLESS CLEAN
Noisome, vacant girl given makeover for new term NEOLOGISM
Routine taking days, feeding papers into drawer TREADMILL
United and City plan to play. That's remarkable UNTYPICAL
Unfinished track, short feature that consists of slow movements TAI CHI
Town, on-line, requested Wilts hotel to renovate old bar WHISTLE STOP
Soul only partly evident in salesman, I'm afraid ANIMA
I was competitive with climber going up the wall? IVIED
At the outset, football player finds agent FACTOR
Routine to look at occupying basic accommodation, say bread-and-butter
A passage in plot carried off ABDUCTED
Ordered, eg, caviar in house for minister VICARAGE
I’m thankful to secure easy goal tap-in
See eccentric king, perhaps? COURT CARD
Fancy horse to steal race after one’s been dropped FRILLY
Go to invest very little? SPEND A PENNY
Chap involved in robbery is a seeker after pleasure HEDONIST
What further explains what ballet term’s doing? COVERING LETTER
My fruit, via squeezes BLIMEY
Display toilet while in Oxford, perhaps? SHOWCASE
Additional English city BOLTON