The Times - Cryptic - December 4 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1497
Clues	Answers
Apostle boarding moving train has protective covering	TARPAULIN
Article like this enthrals learner as well	ALSO
Article with no charm upset newsreader	ANCHORMAN
Cave not entirely unpleasant? Nothing more	GROTTO
Damages the planet	MARS
Embargo restricting company meat	BACON
Farm crop may be good with wet weather	GRAIN
Feature of game linked primarily with snake?	LADDER
How to cook small fish from the ocean floor?	deep-fry
I’m a good source of Expressionist picture	IMAGE
Initially locked and secure	LAND
Lizard, say, returning? Fine about retreating	GECKO
Monstrous creature depicted by that fellow in church, an artist	CHIMERA
Museum exhibit resembling a head of Lenin, strangely	elgin marbles
Nude left almost shivering — what’s required?	NEEDFUL
Odd thing left, held by young fellow in entertainment centre	night-club
Poster promoting stamina?	STICKER
River in principal area is a place with boats	MARINA
Rook avoiding plant in wetland	FEN
Sanitise wrong abbreviation for “iron” in dictionary	DISINFECT
Some other age and time	ERA
Song that has holy men gutted	HYMN
Support story accepted by match official	RELIEF
Tree, old, associated with a King	OAK
Wetland entry on website ignoring Lake	BOG
Woman’s clear about new tendency to gather	herd instinct
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27525
Clues	Answers
9 attempt to be heard by Irish town briefly	TRIATHLON
A very low increase in brief	APPRISE
Badminton competition's opening by end of June	EVENT
Biggest supporter in ground hit bouncer close to exit	TAPROOT
Boss initially takes in south of France	STUD
Chief put away person who has had one	CHEAT
Consult old patient about earth recording	video cassette
Court nails suspect without hearing	ULTRASONIC
Embed motorway scheme within it	IMPLANT
Evidence I’ve altered implicating King’s Head music man	PROKOFIEV
Frank is very involved with unit in education centre	open university
Girls go after celebrated shades	SUNGLASSES
Gourmets quibble, eating banger	SQUIB
Helped end a hunt organised in European continent	EUTHANASIA
Identify comic penning verse, in declaring his allegiance?	flag-waving
Keen student's wife ensconced in boozer	SWOT
Nice night following one husky driver?	INUIT
Obscure name in company entitled to hold line	UNINTELLIGIBLE
Old coin found in early English school	EDUCATE
Paper working to limit Republican club	IRON
Recurved bananas make quite an impact	STUN
Response to derisory offer from bishop good in principle	big deal
Say nothing ousting mapmakers in Bosnia plant	BEGONIA
Scores talk about doctor's last case	ORCHESTRATION
Sculptor's inside say scraping away	ERODING
Stargazer's delay over current constellation	GALILEO
Stone work unit hiding old article stops here	pipe organ
Tyneside became consumed by one broker	NEGOTIATE