The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Fruit, penny apiece PEACH
Hard drink turned up in market PUSH
Eastender's ashamed, inhabiting urban area in disrepair TUMBLEDOWN
Saccharin oddly dropped as energy drink ingredient ACAI
POLISH DETECTIVE IN FILM EDIT
A new piece of advice in respect of hors d’oeuvre ANTIPASTO
Group's reason for not playing badminton? NONET
Endlessly recommend imbibing a liqueur ADVOCAAT
Meticulous cabbie’s passenger in public highway THOROUGHFARE
Having free time, idles casually round Yorkshire river LEISURED
Seeking Parisian in Angola's capital gobbling sandwiches Endeavouring
State commercial breaks Italy broadcast cease to work CALL IT A DAY
Dissolute rake seized by school head — odd character! FREAKISHNESS
Ask to box good fighter, turning up to prevent cheating INVIGILATE
Bad season for children OFFSPRING
Observing deficiency in action of bell? NOTING
Leader of Soviet revolt stifles resistance, causing shock SURPRISING
Conditions originally ideal for skiing IFS
Maybe Russian in bar almost drinking litre SLAV
Brought up-to-date wine plugged by European tax-free? RENOVATED
Tedious procedure for making hole BORING
Incompatible staff given role following appeal POLES APART
Silly sports coats and old hat PASSE
Hastened to protect extremely vulnerable bird RAVEN
Colourful bird from which bank of Liffey? LORY
Drive in Mercedes passing elegant Lotus first of all IMPEL
Junior officer’s regular payment to change name SUBALTERN
Girl primarily broadcasting false information FIB
In France, noble ruler's excessively liberal means of punishment DUCKING STOOL
Reason clock stops working in American's holidays spring breaks
Useless and, for Marx, boring socialist worker, say REDUNDANT
Dubious activity of primate disturbing current king CAPER
Singer left in badly torn coat CONTRALTO
Opportunity to go over large part of church CHANCEL
It nourishes teachers introducing old verse books NUTRIMENT
What might swell looker sport as well as yuppie's jackets? STYE
I'm grateful after unwrapping some yarn, say HANK
Humorous use of language, not unknown in press IRON
Person enlisted to study handwriting CONSCRIPT
Senior citizen squaddie perhaps shaved? OLDIE