The Times - Cryptic - October 23 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1467
Clues	Answers
Best pot I foolishly presented to old lady	OPTIMUM
Bright around north-east for Mrs Mop?	CLEANER
Delete some camera settings	ERASE
Doctor pointed at university contingent	DEPUTATION
Fruit for senior civil servant	MANDARIN
Get better of old fool, nabbing last of Cointreau	OUTWIT
Glasgow woman found in Parthenon	HEN
Hope that you may find in church?	ASPIRE
In prison, where landlords ought to be?	behind bars
Island postman regularly delivering letter	IOTA
Like India, having a large land area	ASIA
Men at test making declaration	STATEMENT
Noisily eat lunch, enjoying different starter	MUNCH
One visiting cathedral: Foreign Secretary perhaps	MINISTER
Only half of the 26 letters help	ABET
Out of place as a teacher?	AMISS
Passage from old pamphlet	EXTRACT
Prices tumbling? Goodness me!	CRIPES
Puts up other ranks in drunken state	STUPOR
Reversing right round a sailor	TAR
Run away with circus performer, you say?	FLEE
Scholarly chap of no practical help	ACADEMIC
Sid back on track in speech	DISCOURSE
Soldier scowls occasionally, shading head with this?	PARASOL
Son has 9p __ or a little less?	SIXPENCE
Weaken finally in bankruptcy dispute	run-in
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27489
Clues	Answers
After correction, smile, as lacking purpose	AIMLESS
Agreement achieved with three tens, minus tips	ENTENTE
Alligator is one regarding soft floor covering	REPTILE
Brilliant rescue dog detailed to enter cricket club	CLASSIC
Country folk involved in operatic number	ARMENIA
Daily forced to cancel leader in ridiculous pretence	CHARADE
Divine law associated with electoral system	PREDICT
Fortify, across the pond, a private thoroughfare	GIRD
Headless corpse is sent back for certain journey	ODYSSEY
Horse carrying disease endlessly spread	MARMALADE
Husband tucking into liqueur that’s got body	CHASSIS
Irishman joins Anglicans for spirited meeting	SEANCE
Long article about a provincial Greek	ACHAEAN
Matched level in light drama, backer having withdrawn	COMPARED
Nobleman to free bananas at this point stuck in tree	peer of the realm
One to quit troubled Dáil Eireann __ that causes rush!	ADRENALINE
One to support stocking revolutionary American poet	SUSPENDER
Outrageous sort of animus	INFAMOUS
Poet relieved of diamonds getting payment in advance	ANTE
Prepare without finishing and study in China	DRESDEN
Researcher wanting this instruction to make tea?	DOCTORATE
Romanians on the rampage in small republic	san marino
Seated outside clubs, Hesse emptied small bag	SACHET
Song about stinker seen in rural idyll	ARCADIA
Style shown in being short with the French	ENTITLE
Why logician won't accept chair is obvious	stands to reason
Wicked deeds at or around large towns	ATROCITIES
Wine stain unfortunately showing up	MARSALA