The Times - Cryptic - October 26 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27179
Clues	Answers
Accelerate in front of athlete who moves arms	GUNRUNNER
Amount of volume by orchestra's principal music player	STEREO
Animation about heraldic colour that's a palace favourite	CORGI
Counted the minutes to retreat or resign	DEMIT
Cry to encourage friend in hot pants	tally-ho
Fire getting cold and greyer	CASHIER
Fish very quietly bound by rope	GUPPY
I'm not sure about feminist opponent	RESISTER
Investigator probes organised crime using evidence	EMPIRIC
It's weird not having a partner round	ODDBALL
Juvenile article in Paris Match is a scoop	LADLE
Lack of balance provoked two lots of my tears	ASYMMETRY
Mass of rock crystal usually keeps hidden	TALUS
Maybe broody old dignitary, a sour drunk	OVIPAROUS
Mostly, broadcaster and I spoke and spoke?	RADII
Northern home's inviting empty room	IGLOO
Old name for soldiers sometimes showing character	THETA
Pay bonus money through post	STIPEND
Person who's decorated not one ring of gold	nobel laureate
Petted dog, holding head	Canoodled
Player given hand aligns with person on the right film	west side story
Rating new filling dessert, able to take a lot in	ABSORBENT
Regret vocal jibe in stage whisper	RHUBARB
Sample by writer, one who's not very good	POETASTER
Son moved awkwardly, restrained	SWADDLED
Sort of material from one who’s ineffectual and uninteresting	drip-dry
Top important figure	EIGHTY
Trouble is after having favourable prognosis	set fair
Weapon the German clutches doing wrong	DERRINGER
Writer brought back offended, eponymous hero	PENDENNIS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1209
Clues	Answers
Abolish a tiny piece	SCRAP
Affectedly aesthetic, heading away from party	ARTY
After dance, Dorothy finds spot on dress	polka dot
Bird-call that is very funny	HOOT
Cheat? On board, he goes straight	ROOK
Clumsy actor on front of stage not genuine	SHAM
Empty-sounding vessel in body	VEIN
Express disappointment over feeble set of books	LAMENT
Great pic broadcast: what it cost?	Price Tag
King needs a place for bust	KAPUT
Mail functioning, after being cut	post-operative
Observing absence of sound from bell?	NOTING
Polish unknown stone	RUBY
Pornography that’s buried under motorway?	HARDCORE
Quiet salesman’s homework	PREP
Rest disagreed with editing magazine	readers digest
She takes off for club, perhaps	STRIPPER
Space around this heath	MOOR
Suggestive of handout to put into money for flat, say	REDOLENT
Tiny diet’s awful sameness	IDENTITY
Tom Thumb’s last resting place?	TOMB
Wrongly timed lifeboat coming to shore line	TIDEMARK
WW2 bombs are important for peer	VISCOUNT
Youngster going to a Caribbean republic	CUBA