The Times - Cryptic - November 20 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27513
Clues	Answers
A nail hammered like that in tree	AILANTHUS
Activity of browser in operating system, so mad?	window shopping
Aim to be in Paris, beginning to experience some urban life?	plane tree
Aquatic game birds	ducks and drakes
Assistance required to cover top of charcoal burner	ACID
Astronaut packing some punch, it's implied?	ARMSTRONG
Barking individual, East End success?	bow-wow
Brilliant silver-blue combo?	AGLOW
Cash received cheers college	TAKINGS
Daisy: elderly relative endlessly swigging beer, embarrassingly	GERBERA
Don't fool everyone fed starter of mulligatawny soup	CONSOMME
Drunken employee originally breathalysed, perhaps couldn't stand	DETESTED
Female with place in the Middle East	WOMAN
Fruit horse possibly ignored at first	APPLE
Joker entered, having failed grammar, claiming top mark	COMEDIAN
Mark of a writer in community, inconclusive	COLON
Old king overwhelmed by past trouble	AGGRO
Opera produced by crew on river	FALSTAFF
Overheard invite to nudist club? Hang on a minute!	bear with me
Pack zero pastry cases	TAROT
Padding plus the story, no way necessary for a rewrite?	UPHOLSTERY
Part of flower trimmed, as going to seed	MIDSTREAM
Published letters seen as settlement some way off	OUTPOST
Relish stripping gold from Pinochet, say?	GUSTO
Serving of Dhansak or Madras, Indian dish	KORMA
Swimmer studied, missing a certain style	red mullet
Tiny brain? Reptile with it going after half of mine!	MICROCHIP
Turkey perhaps unpalatable, by the sound of it	FOWL
Utensil finally wiped, meat assumed to be cleaner	SHAMPOO
What may be diagnosed by doctor initially poking tongue?	MALADY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1487
Clues	Answers
A Balkan resident embracing British circus performer	ACROBAT
Bird call receiving an answer	CANARY
Civilian romps wildly, displaying narrow outlook?	provincialism
Common tree seen around University	POPULAR
Each expert will consume dessert?	APIECE
Easily annoyed a couple of times aboard railway	RATTY
Friend from Newcastle, perhaps, in mountain country	NEPAL
Good to indicate, after burglary, where something’s cracked	breaking-point
Group of journalists attending party where guests arrive	reception desk
I had nothing invested in it, being a fool	IDIOT
Ill-fated pair connected in error	accident-prone
Lines known by the expert	ROPES
Memorable description of successful fielders?	CATCHY
Military leader straddling horse, recalled in pottery?	CERAMIC
Mythical creature, gold in the middle? Not quite	CENTAUR
Pain from running, perhaps — affected after covering run	CRAMP
Papa, enthralled by antique item, getting a copy	REPLICA
Piece of music displayed in order on door	RONDO
Scotsman’s to know an indication	TOKEN
Slander male in a variety of lunacy	CALUMNY
South Carolina, uncommonly nice and picturesque	SCENIC
Start work to study adopting security measure	clock on
Way left to produce scaled-down version	MODEL
We engaged in changing style in a pleasant manner	SWEETLY