The Times - Cryptic - March 4 2019 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27289
Clues	Answers
A bit of skirt? Excuse me!	AHEM
A foursome of neighbouring characters welcoming an Asian	AFGHANI
Asian elephant originally in sacred text	KOREAN
Aware of batting side in cricket	in on
Boats __ those docking?	CUTTERS
China vague on visiting US author	capo di monte
Classes immediately below those in geography, lacking	PHYLA
Cold and windy, anything in desert	DRAUGHTY
Convoluted clue I saw, explained	ELUCIDATED
Cuts fish	SILVERSIDES
Dancing sailor not twisting	TORSIONAL
Don't allow man up the pole	BARKING
Exciting thing a chore? That's not right __ very exciting!	high-octane
Fair Isle's fool returns	PASSABLE
Figure very important to dismiss Head	EIGHTY
Floor, from which relation picked up?	STOREY
Fresh item in handbag?	LIPPY
Friendly football game? There’s a fight after knock on the head	KICKABOUT
Get to make out	SEE
God, I sat on nails!	POSEIDON
Hairy what comes before x-ray, with radius breaking	WHISKERY
Hanging Gardens ultimately seen in Cornish town	LOOSE
Hard, always, to upset toff	YAH
Many East German leaders caught by hero	LEGION
Not fashionable __ but striking?	OUT
Render coarse gallows humour initially in French city	ROUGHEN
Resist young man	BUCK
Rodent killer pumped with hydrogen gas	CHAT
Small-timer working as wheel turner?	MILLSTREAM
Well up above church, moonshine	HOOCH
Zero in store after a reverse, marks for bridge game?	POOHSTICKS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1300
Clues	Answers
Article on extremely mundane subject	THEME
Boil these bursting with energy	SEETHE
Cause supporting activist's last crime	TREASON
College boy in complete agreement	UNISON
Doctor, for example, initially studying remains	DREGS
Dog working sheep	MUTTON
Evidence of pressure or bias, strangely	ISOBAR
Get through gap between peaks	PASS
Good and ready to complain	GRIPE
Heavily criticise attack on new pub	UPBRAID
Immediately visiting top tourist attraction	at first sight
Insincere, each person in review	SHALLOW
Learned European, insulting about Italian	ERUDITE
Musical instrument from India carried by celebrity	SITAR
Plumbing company's directors off whom one can bounce ideas?	sounding board
Put a stop to public relations incident	PREVENT
Ray’s fuss about crooked rep	TORPEDO
Reference book finally reduced	ATLAS
Relish not working — severe scolding results	dressing-down
Slyness of the salt at sea	STEALTH
Spoil attractive person	DISH
Trendy little drink I had in flat	INSIPID
Vessel from Kenya or Tanzania	AORTA
With less rain final should be played, by rights	in all fairness