The Times - Cryptic - August 8 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27424
Clues	Answers
A little house might ... be this?	SEMI
Acquisitive chap, as we see it	COVETOUS
At first, bear one fruit or another	BANANAS
Back yard fencing weak and sagging	DROOPY
Charge to pack knick-knacks hurriedly	AGITATO
Charles's going to loudly show amusement	CHUCKLE
Cited tot defending authoritarian leader	ADDUCED
Complaint received by a miserly sort presenting a threat to workers	ant bear
Errant knight in huge trouble	UNHINGE
European bank invests __ diving in here?	deep end
Foreign letter coming in is the French letter	EPISTLE
Grant a leader in the papers a column	CARYATID
Heady mixture of qualities nurse developed	tequila sunrise
Highest-ranking lady has heart stolen roguishly	ARCHLY
Liberal leader gave up splitting wood	ASQUITH
Light vessel reversed by a kingdom once	ASSYRIA
Number one Scot with puritanical views	VICTORIAN
One admitted to being unstable? It’s still to be settled	LIABILITY
Praise, primarily, to give the thing acclaim?	PLAUDIT
Put a stop to Rugby's foul school leader	knock on the head
Ruling line in colour, almost ugly	DYNASTY
Stripping off uniform, love holding colonel's coat	unclothing
Stuff’s possibly tax-free, before cuts	OVEREAT
The writer's twice penning papers of merit	IMPRESSIVE
This vicar could be the record-holder	ARCHIVIST
Turned tenacious, holding on	DOGLEGGED
What handyman has flipping spoils apparel	TOOLKIT
Without a mark where they should be gained	EXAM
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1413
Clues	Answers
A bottom in the air	AFOOT
Creeping plant in American's caravan	TRAILER
Eleven, maybe, not finishing this drink	TEA
Eventually entered for a marathon?	in the long run
Finish university, about to go through	ENDURE
Happy having stumped one former Prime Minister	GLADSTONE
Hard work disturbed Swede at party	sweated labour
Have doubts about group protecting American leader in Paris	SUSPECT
Help female servant male deserted	AID
Just ahead of time in competition	EVENT
Messenger's job to intercept porter	APOSTLE
Most of clothes left with child star	GARLAND
Much younger lover in rhyme	toy boy
Not entirely where studying at university may lead one	to a degree
Part of official list announced	ROLE
Recreational complex has unusual line __ rest cure to conserve energy!	leisure centre
Register includes unknown Hungarian composer	LISZT
Report made by knight in case	BANG
Room inside the French grill	LATTICE
Shopkeepers had brass here in resort	HABERDASHERS
Somehow drew diamonds, holding ace and king	EDWARD
Stroke is worried about onset of storm	CARESS
Training doctor poorly	DRILL
What psychoanalyst gives male during wild party?	THERAPY