The Times - Cryptic - November 5 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27500
Clues	Answers
Arresting Liberal Democrat, copper picked up investigation __ there's only one way out of it	cul de sac
Award state power over psychological drug	PLACEBO
Chat about hospital being involved in small leak	SCHMOOZE
Cooked: did prune in advance?	PREPARED
Covering miles, a swallow comes up onto mate's tail feathers	PLUMAGE
Dagger's not used ’til fight	set-to
Elderly fellow reported a swindle after a thousand is taken	GERIATRIC
Excited to go and do the unfinished pattern on fabric	DOGTOOTH
Feline admirer not at ease in this?	CLOVER
First one off to get a tan? Better take top off	UNCAP
Hoping to relieve pressure, cooked around 200 dumplings	GNOCCHI
Information needed by two guardian spirits	GENII
Letters dispatched in fliers	AIRMAIL
Locate neckwear taken from University Challenge?	TRACE
Nancy's very cross and that's wrong	TRESPASS
Once at my studio, I might produce such a programme	situation comedy
One taking notice in my school	ACADEMY
Parody about flower company's final omission	APOCOPE
Place to drive from, with refusal to waste a minute	TEENY
Put down iron after crease initially comes out of collar	OPPRESS
Rat briefly cuts supply in plant	CACTUS
Returning ingredients, a chef drops bananas, needing bread	strapped for cash
Rhubarb found in beet, upside-down, back-to-front	DISPUTE
Runners on less firm terrain here __ fine, in spite of stumbling	off-piste
Sad face, taking in storm on vacation	DISMAL
Shoot gangster, heading west in capital	La Paz
Son that is returning gym skirt	SIDESTEP
Straighten back of jacket? I would, certainly	tidy up
Sweet drink __ price, oddly, is around tuppence	apple pie
Visionary caught one in here	PRESCIENT
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1476
Clues	Answers
A concept a kid worked out, full of excitement	action-packed
Arrive to take care of male with minimal energy	COME
Bishop, worn out, blustered	BRAGGED
Buck's other half receives pounds as handout	DOLE
Cleric, very holy within? The reverse __ a venomous type!	VIPER
Crime of minister wanting leader removed	ARSON
Discarded item of furniture outside pub	BINNED
Feeling tense in front of teacher being nasty	SENTIENT
Food dish absurdly presented to heathen idol	toad-in-the-hole
Fret when drippy folk are in the ascendant	STEW
Gather food for the audience	MEET
Godly type goes round in leisurely walks	STROLLS
Good morsels thrown out? That's stupid	GORMLESS
Illustration from India engraved in copper	PIC
Initially sitting on child’s toilet suffering from rash?	SPOTTY
Mad religions, sadly causing dismay	DEMORALISING
Not all of the athletes in preliminary race	HEAT
Prisoners upset by past vice	CAPTIVES
Risks with daughter and son full of wrath	DANGERS
See some memories being conjured up	ROME
Spooner's appearance for what reason? Conceited fellow?	wise guy
Strict believers making jokes about educated female	PURITANS
United achieved victory, we hear	ONE
Unusual pattern a ruler re-established	PRETERNATURAL