The Times - Cryptic - September 20 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27461
Clues	Answers
A bed bagged by officer for US writer	ALCOTT
Awful din in loud display	BRANDISH
Country in recent test	PASTORAL
End bitten off pasty, smallest amount	WHIT
Equipped with serrated edge in hollow, dug in	DENTATE
Fragments scattered in mess, at that point buried	SMITHEREENS
Girl's instant control on aircraft	JOYSTICK
Jumping through hoops perhaps, bachelor fills in puzzle, second to last	ACROBATICS
Kremlin directed a jerk in the wrong direction	CITADEL
Lives with son’s relative	SIS
Lovely dresser originally fit for office	DELECTABLE
Muscle tightening in rugby player, long conversation ensuing?	LOCKJAW
Muscle you need to lift register and large papers	DILATOR
Nice tea chest finally put away	EAT
Nonsense jokes associated with Punch	CODSWALLOP
Old Greek bronze captures Greek goddess, almost entirely	THEBAN
Old poet, a little salacious, pens erotica	SPENSER
Paper ticket covering first of our breaks	TABLOID
Part of journey left, including northern region	LAPLAND
Party given limited quota of famous people?	CELEBRATION
Port sent further back, without tips	ODESSA
Promising appreciation of music, being into jazz	SWEARING
Right party for fool?	CON
Sash for brim, odd bits trimmed off	OBI
Shave couple by the ears?	PARE
Storage space got rid of	SHED
Supporter for women plying trade in clandestine manner	panty girdle
The French all there to scoff good Italian food	LASAGNE
This second hundred comes in one	at once
VAT on article? Blow me!	TUBA
Way to bank money, people formerly taxing cheese!	LANCASHIRE
Where one's going on date, is it rude to pinch person's behind?	DESTINATION
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1444
Clues	Answers
Boy following college agreement	UNISON
By the sound of it, everyone’s hand tool	AWL
Devious smile is weapon	MISSILE
Eccentric minority’s bizarre fencing ritual	lunatic fringe
Fans in a train embracing singer	SINATRA
Finally wheel in lots of compost	MULCH
Flower section found in forest amenity	STAMEN
Go-between, tidy earner, I’m excited	INTERMEDIARY
Greeting hill girl with no guarantee of result	hit or miss
Improve cutting edge of small instrument in from France	SHARPEN
Island very behind time cut off	ISOLATE
John’s English, imprecise	LOOSE
Look to mature nobles	PEERAGE
Private hotel on lively Rome street	INNERMOST
Rishi trained reservist’s dog	irish terrier
Run over on regular basis, see army’s place for young	NURSERY
Short distance seeing favourites upset	STEP
Spat, extremely prevalent conflict	STRIFE
Spectator upset with rain delay	PROCRASTINATE
Trade union recalled offence, capital	TUNIS
Ultimately drawn to the traditional Christmas	NOEL
Very small golfers’ support provided by New York	TEENY
When speaking, catch sight of the drink	SEA
You heard about top Greek mathematician	EUCLID