The Times Cryptic 2020 08 10 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Unhappy as steward, going in this direction?	EASTWARDS
Cut Liszt’s first work	LOP
Flutter taken up? There’s an amount to pay	TAB
Start of last over — our players end in ignominy, being dreadful	LOUSY
Family member hurries to get rid of it	STEPSON
Pacify son, very small, just into double figures	SWEETEN
Spark is appropriate around Scottish chimney, on reflection	STIMULUS
First-class male in torn clothing	RAIMENT
Abrupt old Republican ringing a museum boss	CURATOR
Wobbly: lacking capacity to cross street	UNSTABLE
Ear about to sense upset with great pleasure	GLEEFUL
Appreciative, having this much coal?	GRATEFUL
Uninspired old head of BBC grasping pen? On the contrary	STODGY
Put off carrying container, a stoppered glass	DECANTER
A northern church’s attempt to establish origin	ANCESTRY
Most superior upper garment	TOP
Delicate stuff, oil turning up on cheese	TAFFETA
Refined chap set up shelter	GENTEEL
See Yorkshire river beside event in Sheffield, say	LOCAL DERBY
Boss demanding endless academic application	STUD
Scottish port involved in Hogmanay revels	AYR
Conciliatory gesture, as it happens, in outside broadcast on farm	OLIVE BRANCH
Behave as we do after ignoring University opening	DOORWAY
Prejudiced and wrong about African country from which one’s deported	ILLIBERAL
Bag for Falstaff’s wine!	SACK
Reportedly outstanding lyric poem	ODE
A Royal Marines orchestra’s form of identification	ARMBAND
About to demand a strong wooden barrel	CASK
Unequivocal gossip gets investment from City	DIRECT
Coarse stuff from males	BUCKRAM
Troublemaker sacked for pinching grain husks	FIREBRAND
Groans frightfully, finding skirtlike garment	SARONG
No shift involving doctor in thirty days	NOVEMBER
Objective of female coming on board for departures	send-offs
Unemployed one gets appropriate payment, nothing less	IDLE
This is the ultimate in blasphemy?	HERESY
Horse carrying pack let loose in town square	MARKETPLACE
A French duke brought in twenty pounds for a rascal	SCOUNDREL
Supporting company agreement after some strain? That is indicator of future prospects	FORTUNE COOKIE
Vehicle staying outside reduced opening in garage	CARPORT
One who conveys news about alcoholic drink	REPORTER
Hitch after cat does for small performer	TOM THUMB
Well-meaning type taking pet initially over European river	do-gooder
Activist theatrical in rage, going wild	CAMPAIGNER
What produces reduction of scale in floods more frequently	WATER SOFTENER
Mistakes made by English kings at start of actions	ERRATA
Reasonable to secure a source of wood	OAK
Unemployed superstar given a hearing	IDLE
Signal from visitor dropping union leader on river	GESTURE
Former exam relating to rural life	PASTORAL
Mark, my son, turned to run, losing time	SYMBOL
The commercial centre of Banbridge, for example?	DOWNTOWN
Suggestion assistant should postpone article	IDEA
Corporation supporting US lawyer in fact	DATUM

Unhappy as steward, going in this direction?

EASTWARDS

Cut Liszt’s first work

LOP

Flutter taken up? There’s an amount to pay

TAB

Start of last over — our players end in ignominy, being dreadful

LOUSY

Family member hurries to get rid of it

STEPSON

Pacify son, very small, just into double figures

SWEETEN