The Times - Cryptic - December 10 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27217
Clues	Answers
Back minister introducing minority language	REVERSE
Battered by elements, survive at end of hike in mountain	weather-beaten
Books turned out by peer knowing how sticky liquids flow?	viscously
Celebrity dips into dictionary __ it bears fruit	COSTARD
Current edible fungus served on board __ it's OK	ACCEPTABLE
Defeat the endless argument supporting deliveries	OVERTHROW
Desert transport rejected by male supporter of Oxford Movement	TRACTARIAN
Dismal swimmer in river	BLEAK
Dodgy dealings exposed by astute medical centre	sharp practice
Double-breasted jackets originally exhibited in adverts	REEFERS
For Greeks, a sacred river first of all	ALPHA
Further issue mostly raised when lacking a hire contract	RERELEASE
Jacob's wife? Sounds like Cordelia's father!	LEAH
London resident and European, equally soft-hearted	east ender
Magazine proprietors finally left Rugby, say?	spectator sport
Member involved in, say, Ulster disturbance a fellow-countryman	COMPATRIOT
One clear about parking being awkward	INEPT
Place and time to strike on green	PUTT
Plant protector only Len put out	POLYTUNNEL
Principal girl's initial attention engaged by speedy drivers?	top gear
Proposition boy soldiers misunderstood at first	THEOREM
Rebel leader locked up by some of the French for ages!	DECADES
Russian woman missing source of river	OLGA
Similarly, they beat monks, somehow touring east	by the same token
Slaughter forest keeper ultimately associated with big cat	TROUNCE
Smooth Federalist leaders symbolise it	IRON
Throw out slippery customer pinching 10p	EXPEL
Way Austrian physicist keeps old bear	STOMACH
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1240
Clues	Answers
Adapting bicycles __ it is a concern for the disabled	ACCESSIBILITY
Approve European after sergeant major fumes	SMOKE
Bloom in Los Angeles after 11:20?	PRIMULA
Brat, tiny creature seizing man's neckwear, wanting instant attention?	IMPATIENT
Cheops constructed for long periods	EPOCHS
Excessively modest plate after half-demolished dried plums	PRUDISH
Fellow traveller raised a drink	PERNOD
In stir, I'm cool about bringing in good law enforcement expert	CRIMINOLOGIST
Level area to cover with metal, gold	PLATEAU
Military group invited to carry equipment	BRIGADE
Minor insult	SLIGHT
Nuisance occupying ladies, say	INCONVENIENCE
Primarily adjusting beads, apparatus Chinese use still?	ABACUS
Second person who's manipulated offspring	SPAWN
Settled accommodation for horses	STABLE
Sled dog with a sore throat?	HUSKY
Something used to cut chesty heaving	SCYTHE
Strength of solution from thinking hard	CONCENTRATION
The person responsible for every domesticated rodent, alternatively	PERPETRATOR
University and Father in sitcom brought together	UNITED
Use toe waggling to show to the door	see out
Very tall new king welcomed in ballad	LANKY