The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 10 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The French department giving a few extra marks SOMME
I almost stop probing firewood delivery arrangements LOGISTICS
Stripper removing the last item: where it could happen, legally? LOCUS
Competent brewer initially brought in beer ABLE
Horribly evil! VILE
Contaminate fin, etc, when swimming INFECT
Passes round Kansas OKS
Learning well, horse breeder promises to pay STUDIOUS
Frustrating, with grant having been adjusted THWARTING
Staff touring area wrong to limit good advice to motorists ROAD SIGN
Ban cheers and a more hostile expression TABOO
Game of golf a rep organised LEAPFROG
Spaniard maybe in East London semi, soon to move ALFONSO
Success, declining a drink with tonic GIN
Records office, say, is to attempt tracking source of records REGISTRY
Two posh male guards deliver something metallic IRIDIUM
Put up fare TABLE
Eyeshade? Guest has dropped it VISOR
Like a lavish meal, but with no starter to relish LAP UP
Party with its share of famous guests? CELEBRATION
Work out? People who do this probably won’t! DECRYPT
Encountered feathers around Lake, indication of disaster MELTDOWN
Fed up about bride forgetting day, ask for details of service? DEBRIEF
Seductive woman with a teasing desire WITCH
Attract topless lady, ultimately vain EMPTY
Record article you haven’t normally got a clue about CATALOGUE
“Grand total to decrease?” they report sensationally GUTTER PRESS
Bombed, if ordered up initially to attack OUT OF IT
Gather fight is what Bunter was always going to? TUCKBOX
Irish town you might have been in first? Oddly, no ENNIS
Is foolish to finish with Times publication DOTES
Religious congregation highly impatient after failing to be heard SYNAGOGUE
Roll is getting dry on the outside: I’d recommend dunking BAPTIST
Left-wing teacher, one with ginger hair REDHEAD
Fragrant stuff in Italian river upset our trip pot-pourri
Close, around lunchtime, small joint at ones elbow
Assortment: possibly it’s cheap PASTICHE
Speed last of dinner gets consumed RATE
Following a religion, entirely on the radio HOLY
Perhaps some tests, etc, especially for handling strain CRICKET
Totter backwards, avoiding a married uncle or brother REMUS
Female at the time needing to lose weight HEN
Cricketer first for honours in Somerset city BATH
Harm horse, docking tail MAR
Finally wave bye bye and go out EBB
Supporters surrounding Rolls Royce in search FERRET
Diversion vital, it’s impressed on PC ESCAPE KEY
Stick with short answer: you could be in the doghouse there? BATTERSEA
Play Pole out of position with English amateurs LAYPEOPLE
Chaps upset, caught in a single bloomer ANEMONE
Manage to get on part of bed HEADBOARD
Spelling system that uses first half dozen letters HEX
Little brother wanted a cousin to show up CADET
Left excellent, decorative fabric LACE
Criminal, say, heads for priest, really intending to enter religious group CULPRIT
Carrying an unpleasant smell, another’s banned from table tennis HUMPING
Twice a year new driver sets out for historic part of Italy PAPAL STATES
Clock and TV close to mantelpiece? Indeed possible SET EYES ON