The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Red ants occasionally bite EAT
Fine cook, Betty, fried around one tickety-boo
Scrap to secure, on comeback, minor acting role BIT PART
Take advantage of former unit amid patch of ground EXPLOIT
Spice, say, for about pound FLAVOURING
Plan to consume once again aromatic liqueur CHARTREUSE
Four inside carry out administrator EXECUTIVE
Like most piano music in an album I arranged BIMANUAL
A Parisian applied to one educational institution UNI
Wise man adding name to one's performance SOLON
Kind of Christian convert best in prayer PRESBYTERIAN
Private investigator, lead character in comedy film PIC
Notice in playground upturned tree CEDAR
Guardian's charge put up in no-win situation DRAW
Quantity of paintwork halved IN TWO
Wild animal bound, attached to stake, initially ANTELOPE
Old weapon found in a river bank ARROW
Negative element in county team DOWNSIDE
Eggs on view acquired initially OVA
Small organ piece, part of larger one SLIVER
River in America grabbing daughter INDUS
Her stables in need of work, becoming more stuffy BREATHLESS
Crack swimmer in British river DECODE
What student may achieve in sixty minutes DEGREE
Drink daily, cause of depression SUNDOWNER
Eg Eliot's work in bank, in opposite sense reversely
Where most have convictions, image improvement is working PRISON
Husband not at home mostly — India twice and US state HAWAII
Banned a bachelor entering also TABOO
Socrates I'd badly punished in Greek way OSTRACISED
After zero, mostly call into question critical marks OBELI
Tax lots of wine — such actions have lasting consequences test cases
Highly distinctive singer getting note wrong right after bar COUNTERTENOR
Gentle domestic assistant at sea? LIGHTHOUSE