The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Drive in Mercedes passing elegant Lotus first of all IMPEL
Colourful bird from which bank of Liffey? LORY
Incompatible staff given role following appeal POLES APART
Junior officer’s regular payment to change name SUBALTERN
Meticulous cabbie’s passenger in public highway THOROUGHFARE
Group's reason for not playing badminton? NONET
A new piece of advice in respect of hors d’oeuvre ANTIPASTO
POLISH DETECTIVE IN FILM EDIT
Fruit, penny apiece PEACH
Hard drink turned up in market PUSH
Eastender's ashamed, inhabiting urban area in disrepair TUMBLEDOWN
Having free time, idles casually round Yorkshire river LEISURED
Endlessly recommend imbibing a liqueur ADVOCAAT
Seeking Parisian in Angola's capital gobbling sandwiches Endeavouring
State commercial breaks Italy broadcast cease to work CALL IT A DAY
Dissolute rake seized by school head — odd character! FREAKISHNESS
Saccharin oddly dropped as energy drink ingredient ACAI
Maybe Russian in bar almost drinking litre SLAV
Bad season for children OFFSPRING
Leader of Soviet revolt stifles resistance, causing shock SURPRISING
Girl primarily broadcasting false information FIB
Hastened to protect extremely vulnerable bird RAVEN
Silly sports coats and old hat PASSE
Tedious procedure for making hole BORING
Observing deficiency in action of bell? NOTING
Conditions originally ideal for skiing IFS
Ask to box good fighter, turning up to prevent cheating INVIGILATE
Brought up-to-date wine plugged by European tax-free? RENOVATED
Dubious activity of primate disturbing current king CAPER
Senior citizen squaddie perhaps shaved? OLDIE
Person enlisted to study handwriting CONSCRIPT
I'm grateful after unwrapping some yarn, say HANK
Useless and, for Marx, boring socialist worker, say REDUNDANT
It nourishes teachers introducing old verse books NUTRIMENT
Humorous use of language, not unknown in press IRON
Singer left in badly torn coat CONTRALTO
Opportunity to go over large part of church CHANCEL
What might swell looker sport as well as yuppie's jackets? STYE
In France, noble ruler's excessively liberal means of punishment DUCKING STOOL
Reason clock stops working in American's holidays spring breaks