The Times - Cryptic - December 11 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27218
Clues	Answers
A passage in plot carried off	ABDUCTED
Additional English city	BOLTON
At the outset, football player finds agent	FACTOR
Blade is article in gold	OAR
Carbon on helmet something to discuss	TOPIC
Dirge, primarily, in Ring Cycle	PEDAL
Display toilet while in Oxford, perhaps?	SHOWCASE
Don't ask me to recall party with love	no can do
Fancy horse to steal race after one’s been dropped	FRILLY
Go to invest very little?	spend a penny
Go with “Tea for Two”, not half!	CHAPERONE
Hat good on Spanish chap briefly adopting uniform	HOMBURG
I say nothing to Elizabeth, ultimately	OOH
I was competitive with climber going up the wall?	IVIED
I’m thankful to secure easy goal	tap-in
Inspiration will bring one down	DIAPHRAGM
Layer of cells in men odder after surgery	ENDODERM
More than one vegetable has a hole in it, we hear?	LEEKS
Music producer, fraud	FIDDLE
My fruit, via squeezes	BLIMEY
Noisome, vacant girl given makeover for new term	NEOLOGISM
Peculiar bend in formal attire	dicky bow
Routine taking days, feeding papers into drawer	TREADMILL
Routine to look at occupying basic accommodation, say	bread-and-butter
See eccentric king, perhaps?	court card
Soul only partly evident in salesman, I'm afraid	ANIMA
Town, on-line, requested Wilts hotel to renovate old bar	whistle stop
Unfinished track, short feature that consists of slow movements	tai chi
United and City plan to play. That's remarkable	UNTYPICAL
What further explains what ballet term’s doing?	covering letter
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1241
Clues	Answers
A container is slightly open	AJAR
A little drink precedes a tense situation	DRAMA
A lot of ships coming in near Madagascar	ARMADA
Abundant written language __ there’s a lot of fun in that	PROFUSE
Brass player of something hackneyed and alien	CORNET
Chap involved in robbery is a seeker after pleasure	HEDONIST
Choose something on snooker table for thief	PICKPOCKET
Envy drove me to cut a large tear in fabric?	RESENTMENT
Excuse covered by hysteria libidinosa	ALIBI
Fast collection of boats	FLEET
Father’s thanks for Italian food	PASTA
Fellow nearly defying senior official	MANDARIN
Fur ball swallowed by feline	COAT
Issue again concerning Diana’s admiring statement	REDISTRIBUTE
Meeting remains to be arranged	SEMINAR
Myopia can now change where sailor climbs on board	COMPANIONWAY
Nail last piece of some wood	PINE
Ordered, eg, caviar in house for minister	VICARAGE
Slight depression is plain with daughter instead of son	DIMPLE
Small problem angler hopes for?	CATCH
Sphere of control that is in the middle of Stafford	FIEF
Tell tales of louse’s egg found in school	SNITCH
What trespasser does skinning tench and other freshwater fish	ENCROACH
With acne treated externally, left spotless	CLEAN