The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2019 10 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
There may be rhyme but no reason in it NONSENSE VERSE
DRINK OF SPIRITS GETTING US FIRED SHOT
Occupant let team inside RESIDENT
Rare slip somehow results in act of retaliation REPRISAL
Ring everyone after onset of chickenpox CALL
BIRD'S DOWN SWALLOW
Reckless forward, first to be dismissed RASH
Party in command is Conservative DISCO
Complete row RANK
Object, with annoyance, to risk ENDANGER
Introduce irrelevant matter of US soldier returning wearing frock! DIGRESS
Appealing sartorial style displayed by English CUTE
CHARGE A FIGHTING MAN AT END OF SET-TO AGIO
Shortage principally striking Detroit, for example? SCARCITY
Very wise person saving one's face VISAGE
NOT LIVING TOGETHER MAY BE A FACTOR APART
Abandoned aide, lost and cut off from society ISOLATED
Badly need a rest, being in Bow, perhaps? EAST ENDER
Branch of science tutors primarily presented in old films OPTICS
Disabled operatic hero losing head in wild party ORGY
Head of royal house gathering in money RHINO
Hurry back from house, admitting a daughter’s nanny NURSEMAID
Sea creature in film, one kept in unsuitable container CETACEAN
Superb hair bow king jettisoned before church top-notch
Wife dips into cashbox to get woven fabric TWILL
Play higher card in game held by public representative OVERTRUMP
Porcelain airline used, accepting dieter’s goal? BONE CHINA
Like certain poems only declaimed in Cambridge originally ODIC
Old writer left in vessel with few dividing walls open-plan
Ring a theatre company set up to produce musical drama OPERA
Foolishly grow fat doing it, inspiring one’s first play WAITING FOR GODOT
Male swan we initially bypassed in predator’s trap COBWEB
Laid up in Caribbean island? It’s the passion fruit! GRENADILLA
A rent got reviewed, according to plan ON TARGET
Allure of grand old Hollywood actress GLAMOUR
Another win following ace AGAIN
Delay beginning to seem unlikely STALL
Greek character dealt deviously DELTA
Newspaper chief travelled back to cover it EDITOR
Surely agree bout fixed NO DOUBT
Toy owls entranced cuckoo NEWTONS CRADLE
Like appeals close to umpire PLEASE
Self-obsessed fellow accepting money after game EGOCENTRIC
Possible opening for chief in combinations? ARCH
Ring and point out choice OPTION
Search in part of Earls Court SCOUR
Endless industrial action in Norwegian port OSLO
Wading bird initially watched by French priest crossing lake CURLEW
NI area’s yen to enter TV game show county down
It could poison a couple of women BELLADONNA
Girl in a European capital having row about stray dog ABERDEEN TERRIER
Digital amenity for a coy sucker? THUMB
Inherited material evident at first in Swiss banker GENOME
Crazy about tango feat STUNT
Innsbruck citizen’s variable part in function TYROLEAN
Coach tour rearranged around end of August TUTOR