The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Looking good in some fine attire NEAT
Old sewer's part altered having collapsed TREADLE
Record is set in Washington DISC
Powerful god still meeting resistance THOR
CIA for example means business AGENCY
This chap a rock, might we presume? diamond geezer
I’m trapped by burning ceiling LIMIT
Struggle of doctor getting into his white garment? COMBAT
Strange ooze absorbing nitrogen gas OZONE
Coming into dance, rocker's rival shows style again REMODEL
Star in wooded valley left strangled by snake DENEBOLA
Having less hair to tear? Nonsense BALDERDASH
Doctor prescribed after damage seen in monkey MARMOSET
What could be keeping up standards? FLAGPOLE
Noise made by cat’s pursuer girl’s seen off PURR
Set a high value on European encounters after returning ESTEEM
We should put up a standing stone! STELA
I dread setting poorly, having lost judgment DISINTEGRATED
Boil tuna after mincing and washing ABLUTION
A climber perhaps ascended AROSE
Little child left in stranger's care after time TODDLER
Know about Porter finally finding musical contemporary? KERN
Devil concealing tail goes around performing musical form SONATA
Road surfacing while parking has to stop ASPHALT
Suspend setter for example, guilty in manner HANGDOG
Individual and unpleasant smell on article HUMAN
A Rupert Bear broadcast? BROOKE
Particle beginning to trigger inside nerve cell NEUTRON
Patient men on following carriage FORBEARING
Cover wager about large bank losing billions BLANKET
Go after concerning journey home? RETURN
It’s sweeter when in difficulties knowing how to handle oneself STREETWISE
Sorts English font finally, to prepare for printing TYPESET
Thirteen break out: criminals at last practise Buddhism? BAKERS DOZEN
Bring to light contents of cell — lice and nits? ELICIT
Gossip surrounds party on Republican right in state ANDORRA
Show in reconstructed PE centre PRETENCE