The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Medal pinned by king on general GONG
Cambridgeshire town pursuing teacher HUNTINGDON
Worship commercial address ADORATION
Inn opening time: taxi! AUBERGE
Writing rules, leader in government wants stuff written two ways GRAMMAR
Stand or stumble: too many drugs? TRIPOD
Government I am supporting say in outskirts of Rome REGIME
Alliance dispersed a mob CANAILLE
Cat flap extremely busy TABBY
Incorporate firm at last in European group EMBODY
Silences pale, white creature MUTE SWAN
Swapping elements of scheme gets communication, of course tic-tac
Energy encapsulating a brass band sound OOMPAH
Peremptorily dismiss joke: why is service bad? laugh out of court
Take advantage of some drinks in hiring programme MILK ROUND
Make sense of commercial by party ADD UP
Small room available, one secured TOILET
Country: it's secured by locks, briefly HAITI
Pitch right into a clue, beginning to yield so soon? ALREADY
Safety mechanism absent for group of players NONET
Be around where many animals are brought up to drink a lot BOOZE
Pious saint avoiding contrary scripture REVERENT
Very stupid to conceal internet supplier issue DISPENSE
Crown, one buried in fictional plantation TIARA
Seeing problem, new counsellor bids for resolution colour blindness
General having succeeded showing signs of distress SWEEPING
Correct moulds shattering STRAIGHTEN
Catastrophe if a rule broken FAILURE
Purchaser’s first to rave about old flat PENTHOUSE
Remarks on jacket having a smear on top of buttonhole BLURB
Quietly made a bow, desperate for a drink PARCHED
Metallic objects, brass tacks NUTS AND BOLTS
Exhausted, did domestic chore WASHED UP
Her wailing has been terrible BANSHEE
I'm not sure about Hindu queen, posh element URANIUM
Very left-wing cardinal Vatican finally drops in reshuffle RADICAL
Phoney subscription raised under pressure PSEUD
Smart and expensive beam FLASH
One somehow sealing off very hot chamber OVEN
Degree matters for a failing student, at first MASTER OF ARTS
Label policy, making funny phrase TAG LINE
Unwise putting lippy around actor's bottom IMPRUDENT
Firm on top of twin bed COT