The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 08 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Model to perform when given lines DOLL
Soldiers go separate ways, initially enjoying easy banter REPARTEE
Genuine as our type, ultimately SINCERE
Friend having drink knocked back PAL
Society dramatist welcoming second unmarried woman SPINSTER
Being unrealistic about one bit of business, I celebrate IDEALISING
Church official of greater seniority ELDER
Leader of Mexicans in America less MINUS
Demand little sibling enters in time INSIST
A second quote's to be given for what medical practitioner will treat ascites
Bent on being still attached to clique DEAD SET
Affable countryman crossing lake PLEASANT
Magistrate in Venice finally meeting man’s best friend DOGE
A dean's original sermon maybe in worship ADORATION
Traipse around Virginia? That’s hard work TRAVAIL
Initially horror and despair engulf sufferers here HADES
Family member spent so recklessly STEPSON
Thick-skinned type taking fruit by Italian river HIPPO
Understanding number in part of hospital will require particular drug ENTENTE
Huge amounts of corporal punishment! LASHINGS
Throw a party — and do some conjuring, perhaps? ENTERTAIN
Easiest assignments — only some needed rests SIESTAS
Pallid daughter getting stick WAND
Charlie — hurting no one, appealing to no one? CHARMLESS
English graduate digesting opening of major novel EMMA
Get rid of some French politician, twisted inside DESTROY
What club isn't providing punishment for player? RED CARD
In defeat he named a Greek goddess ATHENA
Non-Christian minister’s ties misrepresented in section of media PRIESTESS
Derbyshire town developing leftish creed CHESTERFIELD
Go off at a tangent about son in rented accommodation DIGRESS
Says fish could be heading towards America STATESIDE