The Times - Cryptic - September 18 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27146
Clues	Answers
A religious sect north of river, devoted to queen and her workers?	apicultural
Alternative to "ridiculous" one's put out	LUDICROUS
America must cut pollution to keep up	SUSTAIN
Bees take it from flowers close by, bordering court	NECTAR
Brand one lover 'short of ecstasy', taking another	FLAMBEAU
China last to claim victory, symbolically	PALM
Converted coaches, not one fitted with silencer?	TRANSMUTED
Dilatory sailor on duty cleared out	TARDY
Dinosaur's decline complete in the vicinity	DIPLODOCUS
Freak may be on trial abroad, after English withdrawal	ABNORMALITY
Heading to the back, wander past	OVER
I'm surprised to secure record top mark	ALPHA
Impious bishop on island about to engage in affair	IRREVERENT
Initial 'R' in one's own writing	FIRST
Jump, ultimately failing to take the lead	STAR
Lifts, commonly for high part of building	EAVES
Like some curves, deliberately exaggerated	HYPERBOLIC
Many uncovered poet quite slowly	ANDANTE
Old sailors on ship prompt to turn criminal	SUBORN
Ordering audit from time to time, no women being involved?	ADJUSTMENT
Plastic denture kept for an agreed time	TENURED
Reportedly keeps back vital equipment for tower	ROPE
Second person with false bottom in English town	EVESHAM
Snarling Parisian in stern of boat, Walton's craft	ENTANGLING
Stitch-up that's annoyed me	DARN
Veggie food seaman from East always rejected	SOYA
Victoria's first PM providing her capital?	MELBOURNE
What disillusioned preacher may do for lords and ladies?	jack-in-the-pulpit
Wild daisy covering most of area, maybe	i dare say
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1181
Clues	Answers
Ancient Dutch legends?	old wives tales
Birds peculiar to caves	AVOCETS
But it occurs in February, and not spring?	leap day
CID won't park carelessly in N Irish town	downpatrick
County: it provides basic accommodation	BEDSIT
Des rests, when upset and very anxious	STRESSED
Flat key I played to test people's reaction?	fly a kite
Gem, ruby initially, set in ring	PEARL
Here players can be sent some notes in binders	sin bin
I dance on road in Kingdom	ISAMBARD
Left fool to find lounge	LOAF
Light timber that's a piece of cake to turn over?	BALSA
Lose opportunity, as badly aimed torpedo may?	miss the boat
One changing colour, and sounding dreadful	DYER
Part of ancient site bearing weight	standing stone
Small operations involving forty-one plants	OXLIPS
Spellbound? That's right and appropriate	RAPT
Temporary ruler, for example, in charge of landlord?	REGENT
Tree climbed next to golf club	ROSEWOOD
Very quickly occupying oneself with that large drink?	at the double
What may be blown from building site, with fellows excited	wolf whistle
Young girl forced to speak out	MAID