The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 01 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
FIRST BUDDHIST ARTIST TO CAPTURE A CREATURE, REPORTEDLY DALAI LAMA
Plug clothes in speech ADDRESS
PROMOTE LIE WHEN SPINNING LARGE MEDIA ILLUSION trompe-loeil
In Medina, tales of birth NATAL
Senior Cockney grabbed that girl ELDER
Persistent girl stuffing shelled crustacean OBSTINATE
Declare invalid's wife released from old London gaol NEGATE
CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF NOON? AMEND
KIND HUSBAND HAS BROODED ABOUT ONE COMING DOWN ON THE HEAD AT ETON ONCE? SILK HAT
Secret initially suppressed in public OVERT
Unforeseen difficulty in mine before collapse PITFALL
Hospital teas prepared in great speed HASTE
Stealing floats, they say? Scapegoats found whipping boys
SERVANTS IN ATTENDANCE EXTREMELY UPSET, AS BEHIND PROCEDURE? ENEMA
OLD COINS FROM REVOLUTIONARY REPUBLIC FOUND IN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DENARII
TEAR OFF TO COLLECT TEN MORE EXTRA
Port or beer in school dance with a twist at the end PALERMO
Tory hard-liner is dirty, having lost it after split DRY
Differ over making unlimited contribution to sad song DIVERGE
King Edward fencing short, timid eastern ruler EMEER
GIRLS GEE YOU UP FLAGRANTLY EGREGIOUSLY
Pulse of boy after being knocked over DAL
Dodgy two-star, taking the most pessimistic view AT WORST
Gossiping fool with zero vitality shmoozing
ARRIVED AHEAD OF ARTIST, PRODUCER OF PICTURES CAMERA
Picture that is enthralling the old lady, first in guidebook IMAGE
Loot regularly hidden by idiot Egyptian resident? NILOT
Contribution towards ultra-cheap passage TRACHEA
£25 includes charges for returning minute new handle? PSEUDONYM
We lament goal scrambled in college match ETON WALL GAME
Stylish member in neat pants ELEGANT
Nobleman entering New York? Just about NEARLY
Genre of film associated with boldness in a war zone WESTERN FRONT
English sailor hurried over to tell the story NARRATE
Mum has to dress up some gloomy youth? GOTHS
On which knives may be drawn in both Lancashire and Yorkshire? CHEESEBOARD
Upped sticks in ground by unopened house EMIGRATED
Board’s strategy number eleven? PLANK
A LOT OF BLOOD OVER AREA SURROUNDING SICK ANIMAL GORILLA
Bound dictionary with half-ruined contents OBLIGED
Long tale about Melibee, ultimately YEARN
Noisy mob, heading off before end of rally ROWDY
Second, perhaps, to have spoken about loud noise ORDINAL
Flog wood BIRCH
War paint certainly used in English borders — a form of woad EYE SHADOW
Lug case left by old president shell-like
MINOR ISSUE NOT ADMITTED DURING WORKING HOURS latchkey kid
A FUNCTION THAT BEGINS EXPLANATION INFORMALLY? COS
Carried round island in the Pacific BORNEO
Celebrity, last in event to jump START
MUSICAL GEAR HAVING TROUBLE WITHIN A SHORT RADIUS? BRIGADOON
Poor Muslim is on diesel — hospital needed DERVISH
Regulars in shore leave getting blotto in port LE HAVRE
Pooh’s chum moving his tail down LOW
Russian leader travelling in style YELTSIN
Produced German wine entertaining one unmarried French girl MADEMOISELLE