The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 01 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CITY CENTRE LINE BASEL
One is unusually sound NOISE
Case of veal is lost VALISE
Withdrawn train cut for engineering work? TACITURN
LIKE SPORTS DRINK, ONE DRUNK ON ICE, BRIEFLY ISOTONIC
Move to avoid waltz’s beginning during ball at court SWERVE
Resentment once of failure, gone bad DUDGEON
Lift light beams that can be picked up RAISE
Simpleton’s one point taking one in IDIOT
Intended one for Resistance in country round Paris FIANCE
Oral examination initially routine in all animal enclosures VIVARIA
Lawbreaking shot, perhaps before teeing off drink-driving
Bird is flying around in Italian port BRINDISI
Don’t split up tasty fragments! STAY PUT
Image of German holding most of 6 down VISION
Some yeti seen roaming mountain valley YOSEMITE
Passion displayed by north eastern girl IRENE
Create difficulty for philosopher endlessly cut by left HOBBLE
The sack around tavern is stored like wine BINNED
IS UNABLE TO SWING ROUND CANT
LIKE JERSEY SAILORS TO KISS AMOROUSLY? crew-neck
Once in the middle of kiss, hugged by imbecile TWIXT
Bill holds port back POSTERIOR
An unknown obligation’s around that is causing concerns ANXIETIES
Sweets and drops the head confiscated outside class all-sorts
Remains mostly outside a capital city CARACAS
Black ones containing family’s swimwear BIKINI
Referring back to subject of Felix, ever cryptic! REFLEXIVE
Vast human waste with any number devoted to luxury EPICUREAN
Search for missing note in cabin HUT
Peninsula and related port in the Med KINTYRE
Perhaps cut down rye whiskey after second MOW
Scours harbour — with nothing like a walrus to be seen? clean-shaven
Want the French to cultivate tapestries? NEEDLEWORK
One originating at Isle of Wight resort lacking second name INVENTOR
National Insurance in tax year is something worthless VANITY
A Conservative I defied verbally’s become sour ACIDIFIED
Top item California put inside bread roll BATHING CAP
LASS FINALLY CATCHING GAME, UNACCOMPANIED MALE STAG
Message that’s loud a mark of error FAX
Old priest the Spanish idolised originally ELI
Cancelling hair-removal treatment after losing weight AXING
What’s hard and highly valued about the jumbo? IVORY
Tailor is fool to hurry back of blazer CLOTHIER
Tilapia is freshest spit cooked ST PETERS FISH
Young monk’s drama over wrong habit NOVICE
Wife’s got in mostly fish supper for working partner BREADWINNER
Refreshing drinks cat, I see, has upset ICE TEAS
Brave Pole’s broadcast that can be shown proveable
Taunt rich setter, not well JEER
Stasi moved to hold famous author ASIMOV
Fool on street is landing STAIRHEAD
Goddess: I’m Swiss, oddly ISIS
Unfairly punish small boys: one’s contrite, finally VICTIMISE