The Times - Cryptic - September 10 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27139
Clues	Answers
A better article in French about S American mammal	ALPACA
Acknowledge record formerly held by English	CONCEDE
Bill promises to pay after new dog first becomes aggressive	PUGNACIOUS
Bridge players tremble receiving intelligence agency's note	SEMIQUAVER
Classy naval NCO's husband	POSH
Contact __ a whimsical-sounding one touring north	ACQUAINTANCE
Eg Brunel's technique ultimately, never without spirit	ENGINEER
Enduring a heartless injunction	ABIDING
Help tidy up school appeal?	COEDIT
High-class writer with tailless dog, standing erect	UPENDING
Impartial peacekeepers stationed around India	UNBIASED
Keeping register back, risks joint state office	CHANCELLORSHIP
Meet round rear of Garrick for burlesque	SKIT
Missile Soviets introduced __ something to chew over?	SCUD
Noble widow's party bet, mostly payable before game	dowager duchess
Not any composition left unfinished!	NONE
Novelist bringing Worthing's alter ego way to the front?	STERNE
Officer's servant engaging old person in row, perhaps?	BOATMAN
Precipitation beginning to settle at present	SNOW
Revealing falsehood suppressed by one of the Archers?	TELLTALE
Shield university kept in battered chest once	ESCUTCHEON
Touch down on river following try-out of plane	test flight
Tufted material originally clicked with Shetland, town right away	CANDLEWICK
TV award this writer rejected? Goodness!	EMMY
Weakness in a country novel the Spanish girl finally digested	achilles heel
With the current duke, have new master	DOWNSTREAM
Woman identifies with first murder victim	ISABEL
Yellow ducks, for example, seen around marsh	GAMBOGE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1175
Clues	Answers
Assistant catching second stage whisper	ASIDE
Bankrupt agent abandoning resistance in end	BROKE
Become gentle, beginning to soothe frequently	SOFTEN
Effort to finish with ultimately fine favour __ start to go off	ENDEAVOUR
Excellent trees in front of Gallery? About right	first-rate
Had meal Greek character brought over	ATE
In favour of person getting paid	PRO
Insignificant attempt to support friend	PALTRY
Label, epic, rare, potentially unique	IRREPLACEABLE
Lock of hair given emphasis __ not the first	TRESS
Merit rest __ could be three months	TRIMESTER
Money initially earned with type of nut	CASHEW
Most likely to drop off pastries in wintry weather	SLEEPIEST
Music for Dad	POP
One advising soldiers on hill	MENTOR
Senior common room raised the French moral doubt	SCRUPLE
Small boy is cunning	ART
Snack costs __ a top rip off	potato crisps
Snake putting two and two together?	ADDER
Some hoopla, zany, in public area	PLAZA
Way out involving Apollo, disregarding odds? A feat!	EXPLOIT
Woodland creature upsets a tyrant to some extent	SATYR
Worked over true rates: valuable find	treasure-trove
Yell on poor football team: they're looking for a match?	lonely hearts