The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 02 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Qualities oddly forgotten entering a boring affair ADULTERY
DESCRIBE NUMBER A BISHOP POLISHED OFF NARRATE
Lemon country TURKEY
WHAT DOGS DO TO COURT FEMALE WOOF
I will run: about to proceed uphill ROGER
Renovate empty Reigate shop RESTORE
Cunning wife getting into scrap SHREWD
Erotic performer, Australian beauty by the way STRIPPER
Simpler career? Nonsense BALDERDASH
IN ORDER, TWO ARTICLES WRITTEN ABOUT THAT AT HOME
CONFOUNDED PLANT CLOSING BORDERS, NOT THE FIRST INFERNAL
Before devout lady losing heart, minister installed PREVIOUSLY
Give it everything reversing one vessel towards another BUST A GUT
Grub finally reaching organ, stomach BEAR
Bear disdainful expression POOH
Celebrated singer eager to return DIVA
Go around Bermuda on vacation, wearing this? TURBAN
Ignored by superior? That’s a blow UPPERCUT
Letter from desperate elites clinging to power EPISTLE
Poles are producing gin SNARE
Took a dip with Penny in the Everglades, perhaps SWAMP
HIRE MERCENARIES PRIMARILY: DOUBLE SHIFTS FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HOMEBUILDER
Expressing disapproval, no good disappearing all together TUTTI
Cocktail: mix mine at the bottom, then do the same to yours? WHISKEY SOUR
Disconcerted queen sits on this, they say THROWN
Deny detective inspector’s allegation DISCLAIM
One in the habit of taking stock? RUSTLER
ANIMAL JUMPING NUMEROUS HEDGES GNU
Sovereign taking a nation in the wrong direction REGINA
Number divided by a hundred, one makes an impression ETCHER
Girl embracing star in gambling town LAS VEGAS
Spotted communist and went bananas SAW RED
Gismo functions in both directions, I say DOODAH
FEEL ANXIOUS AFTER CHANGE OF LEADER SENSE
Captain's position in game BRIDGE
PREPARE THE BRAIN TO CONSERVE ENERGY? HIBERNATE
Theatre at York welcoming this agreement TREATY
Clever of bishop to drink beer? Just the opposite! ABLE
Cake show award BROWNIE POINT
Association of women on message WIRE
True lady, strangely, indulging in this? ADULTERY
Tragic woman, person in opposition no more ANTIGONE
MILITARY VESSEL, AFTER OVERHAUL OF PORT, SO STYLISH TROOPSHIP
Former wife deep in thought? That could be costly! EXPENSIVE
Something appetising from pig or horse? TROTTER
Lovely out? STRIKING
Muscular sailor Dad and I reported POPEYE
Hedgehog is very nice for the most part SONIC
Tossed and turned, no longer wanted REDUNDANT
Mark held to account, ultimately DOT
A Doctor of Divinity meeting son at university? Makes sense ADDS UP
Idiot going round south-east in secret CLOSET
Goddess on rug absorbed by a dodgy, sensual treatment AROMATHERAPY
ENTERTAINER SET OFF AFTER LORRY, CAPE HAVING FALLEN OFF THE BACK ARTISTE