The Times - Cryptic - October 31 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27496
Clues	Answers
American steps in Spooner's love dance?	bunny hop
Appear in total control __ with deck hand?	hold all the cards
Attention required in class __ might one be leaning on desk?	FOREARM
Brother welcome among females	HEAVENS
Career people	RACE
Clumsily touch knight __ instead of this?	PAWN
Coat under slip taken down in error	MISSPELT
Crack found in sled in several cases?	LUGGAGE
Establishment purveying beer: diet?	LOCAL
Evil trait initially absent in enduring celebrity	IMMORALITY
Getting one's teeth into calculations?	number-crunching
High priest in power working to get over disagreement	PONTIFF
I strike up, moving La Scala?	Maria Callas
Infusion all there is after this, oddly	TISANE
Last bit of green wiped away, colour toenails maroon	ISOLATE
National relationship mentioned	THAI
Native of Central America, don't question my ability to act with you!	costa rican
Nose put out gets into better shape	tones up
On your bike, take the wrong route?	get lost
One of four Hindu texts in five days	VEDA
Pandit upending gas-filled vessel	NEHRU
Potter’s much fancied attempt, perhaps, to become wizard	HOTSHOT
Problem needing solution originally, let me think	SUM
Second artist covers dinosaur	TRICERATOPS
Shooting game in Ireland that's time-consuming?	HURTLING
Some cheer, a hooray?	RAH
Something since cured with last of medicine in tablet	PASTILLE
Unsparing curbing of habit by party from the right	BRUTAL
Way of shifting reserve vessel	ICEBREAKER
Write page in prayer where one has a little freedom?	open prison
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1473
Clues	Answers
Acclamation in church always before start of sermon	CHEERS
China has fantastic residence for ruler maybe	PALACE
Choice the French relish	PICKLE
Excuse criminal no more	CONDONE
Handed over part of hospital that's rotten	ENTRUSTED
Hard to penetrate metal __ here's an axe	CHOPPER
Historian understood by you and me	TACITUS
I felt uncaring somehow in group of political extremists	lunatic fringe
I’d dance around as character in satire	CANDIDE
It may see some balls in nets returned?	TENNIS
Like many a roof, bound to be penetrated by hail ultimately	TILED
One about to shelter under a dry space in building	ATTIC
One may barely enjoy being in a holiday camp	NUDIST
Resolve to imprison one for a type of murder	DEICIDE
Revolutionary number left heading west	LENIN
Second piece of open country gets protection	SHEATH
Sign in entrance letting number in	PORTENT
Some patterns taken for painter	ERNST
Splinters of wood in sheds	SPILLS
To discipline's unusual: there is evidence of disagreement	split decision
Tulip surprisingly bright in display?	lit up
Vehicle black and dirty, not an attractive gem?	CARBUNCLE
We hear no sound from a horse	NEIGH
What to expect with member of family becoming minister	PARSON