The Times Cryptic 2024 02 09 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Commotion bringing duchy near to ruin	HUE AND CRY
Line of children, one appearing to be in tears?	CROCODILE
Arkwright almost reserving room for girl	NORMA
Son, sober perhaps, up for some cheese	STILTON
Do excellent outside church night before festival?	ACHIEVE
Stop and leave, quietly joining old ship	PARK
Principal location not started by court designer	ARCHITECT
Article of note about hotel	THE
Shabby view on Doubleday's limits	SEEDY
Explorer from Crown Dependency keeping a set line	MAGELLAN
Our rap somehow causes commotion	UPROAR
Yankee needs attention for some time	YEAR
Governess holding a ring for ideological leader	AYATOLLAH
Informal eatery across road, one in British city	CARDIFF
Sailor coming into boozer finding shoe	SABOT
Current should be introduced to belted saw	SPIED
Calamitous experience carrying disease endlessly spread	MARMALADE
Crazy vetoing I indulge	give in to
Bird run over crossing motorway in city	NUREMBERG
Bill about to receive care after a fever: strong tissue found	achilles tendon
My aircraft from time to time so piloted?	BY GEORGE
Diesel adulterated to include new oil source	LINSEED
Plus points possessed by customer, it seems	MERITS
Wear armour occasionally? That's a mistake	ERROR
Studying English commercial, interrupting call	READING
On boat, British crewman in a delta	ABOARD
Print design showing kind countenance	TYPEFACE
Harry brought back jam Mike's left in pot	GANJA
Was governor of prairie state maybe producing orders?	RANKS
Blessing to have well in African country	BENISON
One tending to be less fat	LEANER
See Welshwoman's delightful	ELYSIAN
Sleepy part of commuter land?	dormitory town
Steal from home a bird	ROBIN
One’s in large part agile	LISSOME
Employ rotten gag: entertaining, somewhat!	ENGAGE
Keep playing part in west London area	ACTON
Serious attention drawn to machine-gun emplacement?	EARNEST
Turn fifty, pursuing a purpose	GOAL
Peer is not a Tory, not upper class!	NOBLE
Difficult day's ending in Hertfordshire town	TRYING
Huge mass seen twice in turbulent Seine	IMMENSE
Plaudit is attempted, endless, but restrained	TRIBUTE
Perennial protesters seemingly being rude to barmen	rent-a-mob
Twenty four hours on island for personal assistant	MAN FRIDAY
Squire having depressing experience on network	LANDOWNER

Commotion bringing duchy near to ruin

HUE AND CRY

Line of children, one appearing to be in tears?

CROCODILE

Arkwright almost reserving room for girl

NORMA

Son, sober perhaps, up for some cheese

STILTON

Do excellent outside church night before festival?

ACHIEVE

Stop and leave, quietly joining old ship

PARK