The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2018 12 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Crazy festival venue found by conductor? HAYWIRE
Animals extremely ruminative, certainly, not quite right REINDEER
Traditionally they're beaten in spring (and summer originally) BOUNDS
More extravagant lover FANCIER
Don't speak out, yell! SHOUT
Accepts unusual French article that's visually striking SPECTACLE
Fast ships reached young son at sea OCEAN GREYHOUNDS
One boy in Lyon, not on shore leave LIBERTY
EXTRA FAREWELL BYE
Hymn may be amusing when king is deposed CANTICLE
Old police sergeant's first arrest STASIS
Players or cast, playing ACTORS
Girl that is abandoned at birth NATAL
Sentimental feeling again lost at sea NOSTALGIA
Time to be off: vagrant strayed REST DAY
Relative newcomer and novice, initially NAN
A king entering South Africa after old Japanese city OSAKA
Film director dropped in before one FELLINI
Arab, retaining uranium, depressed leader in Iran SAUDI
Stretching, stress now gone? EXTENSION
Present in meeting, if tired GIFT
Cold metal, large traps BITING
Crowd beginning to build after short time MOB
METAL PRESS IRON
Very typical, rural rambling PARTICULARLY
A refusal from Paris, soon ANON
Moderate beheaded in many cases OFTEN
Putting name to river is futile NO USE
With grandmother and father, I have to climb a mountain NANDA DEVI
Now and again stay hidden in ruins IN THIS DAY AND AGE
Harriet's novel is cheaper TRASHIER
About time animal is nobbled GOT AT
PERCY IS IN DEMAND ON BRANCH LINE HOTSPUR
I've talent for circulating air VENTILATE
MARTIN POSSIBLY CONFUSED BRIAN, THE FOOL BIRDBRAIN
Evil One stopping poet's game BILLIARDS
Tree, say, hugged by British eccentric BUTTERNUT
Proust novel that's from Brussels? SPROUT
Happy matter CONTENT
Turn up after relative almost gets clear UNCLOG
Help-yourself food is hit BUFFET
Engine driver stops working with European line DIESEL
Put up with a band on cloud nine cock-a-hoop
Irishman back home meeting everyone NIALL
Composers modern and ancient — the latter heard canary? CAGE BIRD
Acolyte is cut off crossing river SERVER
Copper reported cheers SEE YOU
A plant that's cultivated like this gets new twigs cottons on
Change to grab at gets you talking CONVERSATION
Consider Conservative, nothing to lose TRY
Rear support BACK
PREPARED TO STUDY DILIGENTLY, FINALLY READY
Light piece of furniture SETTLE
Polynesian mother, or yours truly MAORI
Artificially produced waterfall at head of dale FORCED
Sad after race, gradually deteriorate RUN DOWN