The Times - Cryptic - November 25 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1490
Clues	Answers
Aquatic bird has tail bitten off? Goodness me	COO
Box containing Low’s second satirical drawing	CARTOON
Do away with rough vegetation	SCRUB
Extremely tricky scam involving old business magnate	TYCOON
Fashionable greeting in Conservative circles primarily	CHIC
Grass in which a couple of sheep are head to head	MARRAM
Lectures on ethnicity in Aintree, for example?	RACECOURSE
Morally correct, as the laic could become	ETHICAL
Musician’s son’s boast I misconstrued	BASSOONIST
Observe article, displaying extreme anger	SEETHING
One of the Sitwells noted it here in the centre	EDITH
Other ranks carrying a blade for use in a row?	OAR
Parisian who introduces revolutionary savoury tart	QUICHE
Prison is more funky!	COOLER
Quite a paper __ now and then!	SOMETIMES
Salutation upset mother, sad to say	SALAAM
Sanctuary unknown in a squalid area	ASYLUM
Search in grass as asked	REQUESTED
Second husband knowledgeable about Japanese religion	SHINTO
Shut away nearby with 1950s youth	CLOSETED
Spot a woman’s plucked instrument	ZITHER
Stupid Greek character hiding in tree	APISH
Urge to identify a section of the media	PRESS
Work in outskirts of Rochdale making stout cord	ROPE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27517
Clues	Answers
A possible basis for laying down sentences	writing paper
As inconsistent as this clue?	UNEVEN
Benders observed moving back when faced with king	KNEES
Bess's partner heading off for wild celebration	ORGY
Bird's mum runs around endlessly	MARABOU
Brooder's pulse is abnormal __ a possible cause for medical concern	blood pressure
China may be thus, or Tonga’s islands?	FRIENDLY
Cover food put out on table?	SPREAD
Critical stress on tip, it may be inferred	breaking point
Deviating from course, going to the other side crossing lake	DEFLECTING
Drop of liquid stuff initially dumped on plate	SPLATTER
Fellows penning choice of language offering words of ill-will	maledictions
Fish giving old men inner energy	POPES
Fruit in small wood one end to the other	HAWS
Happen to see fellows over time in particular area	CATCHMENT
Impressive river suits someone who likes the good things of life	EPICURE
Keep racing and continue in the same line	run on
Maybe a conventional fifties-style fellow given symbolic representation	NOTATED
Maybe Durham employee entertains unknown American	new yorker
Monster in dread, wiping out a climbing plant	WEREWOLF
One river's being diverted, going back to former course?	REVERSION
Retreat that is concealing means of identification to the east of small island	HERMITAGE
Second person in court ain't put away for providing cannabis	SPLIFF
Skate and skate? Oh m-my, son will go sprawling!	HOMONYMS
Stop one’s little boy going up on street	DESIST
They can see half a dozen vessels	VIEWERS
Vehicle in traffic	TRUCK
What one can see in forest or mountain is restricted by weather	stormbound