The Times - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solutions - September 24 2019

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27464
Clues	Answers
Agreed to put soldiers into detachment	SQUARED
Band in British competition facing impediment	BRACELET
Country with revolutionary enthusiast is the reverse of excellent	TUNISIA
Drunk upset majestic group outside university	lager lout
Explorer went up south, rather than west side of Everest	ROSS
Farm worker offers drink in bit of broken pottery	SWINEHERD
Harshness of tone in quiet customer's last complaint	SHRILLNESS
Henry apt to imprison wife, the idiot!	half-wit
International organisation's question of identity	WHO
Kicking the drug habit, nevertheless admitting attraction	WITHDRAWAL
Last thing Scotland needs, change? It has it already!	DEVOLUTION
Legal right about to be written on form	REVERSION
Limit an EU policy	CAP
Little plant needing to absorb potassium — hesitation to provide garden chemical	weed killer
Mate entertains powerless chums turning up in Dutch province	Friesland
Message of royalist who works in household maybe?	RETAINER
Novel in genuine setting? Library users may want that	RENEWAL
One who welcomes bloke, not wanting female type of holidaymaker	HOSTELLER
Places of entertainment remained here, did you say?	STADIA
Port enlivened a talk with first signs of inebriation apparent	LATAKIA
Rock in river?	HUDSON
Savage treatment, as yet unknown by dear Parisian	BUTCHERY
Shelter, for example, to accommodate most of the characters in gala	SAFETY
Stand up against support one's brought in	RESIST
Subtle changes making one most depressed	BLUEST
Support parts of the borough going in reverse	BACKWARDS
Tiles which start to slide — work to stop that	top hats
Trail of paper at back of yard	DRAG
University procedure to get degree needing endless deception	matric
Way person, having lost son, waves about arms	WEAPONRY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1446
Clues	Answers
Agreeable type met at first in the old sickbay	yes man
Arbitrary amount given to Scottish queen	SUMMARY
Asian bean plant, one originally unknown in South Africa	SOYA
Authority, for example?	SAY
Be inclined to adopt right fashion	TREND
Categorically declare a sure winner on radio?	ASSERT
Close relative’s unfinished vocal piece	SON
Cocktail prison officer finally enjoyed on Thames, perhaps?	SCREWDRIVER
Downcast, had gong replaced	HANGDOG
Exchange involving humorist in school	SWITCH
Extremely dodgy, unpleasant succession of rulers	DYNASTY
In outskirts of Namur, a detective’s lowest point	NADIR
Little-known old boy’s priest in Paris	OBSCURE
Lover to get shot of in Derby	BOYFRIEND
Netherlander’s wife to west of island	DUTCHMAN
One not identified turned up in academy — no name	ANONYM
Philanderer more sensible to skirt Arab country	WOMANISER
Play absorbing district attorney at the present time	TODAY
Ragout served by girl on motorway	SALMI
Scatty, like a fast mover in form?	hare-brained
Some primeval idea having legal authority	VALID
Speckled bird gazing fixedly across lake	STARLING
Sumptuous work loaned by university	OPULENT
Type to be looked for, it’s said	SORT
VIP’s girl seen following older relative	GRANDEE
Wife takes a long time to get pay	WAGES