The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 10 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Success, declining a drink with tonic GIN
Records office, say, is to attempt tracking source of records REGISTRY
Put up fare TABLE
Close, around lunchtime, small joint at ones elbow
Party with its share of famous guests? CELEBRATION
Like a lavish meal, but with no starter to relish LAP UP
Eyeshade? Guest has dropped it VISOR
Two posh male guards deliver something metallic IRIDIUM
I almost stop probing firewood delivery arrangements LOGISTICS
Horribly evil! VILE
Stripper removing the last item: where it could happen, legally? LOCUS
The French department giving a few extra marks SOMME
Passes round Kansas OKS
Contaminate fin, etc, when swimming INFECT
Competent brewer initially brought in beer ABLE
Assortment: possibly it’s cheap PASTICHE
Speed last of dinner gets consumed RATE
Following a religion, entirely on the radio HOLY
Perhaps some tests, etc, especially for handling strain CRICKET
Totter backwards, avoiding a married uncle or brother REMUS
Female at the time needing to lose weight HEN
Spaniard maybe in East London semi, soon to move ALFONSO
Learning well, horse breeder promises to pay STUDIOUS
Game of golf a rep organised LEAPFROG
Work out? People who do this probably won’t! DECRYPT
Fed up about bride forgetting day, ask for details of service? DEBRIEF
Attract topless lady, ultimately vain EMPTY
Bombed, if ordered up initially to attack OUT OF IT
Is foolish to finish with Times publication DOTES
Religious congregation highly impatient after failing to be heard SYNAGOGUE
Left-wing teacher, one with ginger hair REDHEAD
Record article you haven’t normally got a clue about CATALOGUE
Encountered feathers around Lake, indication of disaster MELTDOWN
Fragrant stuff in Italian river upset our trip pot-pourri
Ban cheers and a more hostile expression TABOO
Staff touring area wrong to limit good advice to motorists ROAD SIGN
Frustrating, with grant having been adjusted THWARTING
Roll is getting dry on the outside: I’d recommend dunking BAPTIST
Irish town you might have been in first? Oddly, no ENNIS
“Grand total to decrease?” they report sensationally GUTTER PRESS
Gather fight is what Bunter was always going to? TUCKBOX
Seductive woman with a teasing desire WITCH
Chaps upset, caught in a single bloomer ANEMONE
Spelling system that uses first half dozen letters HEX
Little brother wanted a cousin to show up CADET
Left excellent, decorative fabric LACE
Manage to get on part of bed HEADBOARD
Clock and TV close to mantelpiece? Indeed possible SET EYES ON
Carrying an unpleasant smell, another’s banned from table tennis HUMPING
Criminal, say, heads for priest, really intending to enter religious group CULPRIT
Twice a year new driver sets out for historic part of Italy PAPAL STATES
Cricketer first for honours in Somerset city BATH
Harm horse, docking tail MAR
Finally wave bye bye and go out EBB
Supporters surrounding Rolls Royce in search FERRET
Diversion vital, it’s impressed on PC ESCAPE KEY
Stick with short answer: you could be in the doghouse there? BATTERSEA
Play Pole out of position with English amateurs LAYPEOPLE