The Times - Cryptic - December 5 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27526
Clues	Answers
Aid sent to poor is posted	STATIONED
Always forgetting where Lebanon is, assuming Norway initially in Middle East	AMNESIA
Audibly mark offbeat music	SKA
Carefully consider result of enlargement?	size up
Certainly organ may be heard	AYE
Determined innings over then?	all-out
Duck, parrot and budgie, perhaps, back on team	SIDESTEP
Dull, see, their plays	ETHERISE
Entering room in knickers, fashion victim?	MINK
Flies disturbed sleep after turning over for quick stretch?	LIFESPAN
Gathering speed at sea, perhaps?	KNOT
Given worms while in nest, possibly __ had enough?	fed up
Hard and windblown Hindu Kush, say, where shots fired repeatedly?	driving range
Iron Lady, it's felt	FEDORA
Is man one, evolved?	SIMIAN
Island: old man therein crossing river, doing the backstroke?	TRINIDAD
King and queen to stop celebs revealing all	STARKERS
Leader in equestrianism, victory key for competitive horse	EVENTER
Lift first of immaculate white shrouds	HOICK
Offensive, a course inspiring thuggery primarily	ATTACK
Philosopher I support for a very short time	MILLISECOND
Score, might you say, that's written on	NOTEPAPER
Still agog	BREATHLESS
Sweet, posh, with label attached round about	NOUGAT
Turning corrupt, a politician	ROTATORY
Value again up following overhaul of paper	REAPPRAISE
Vehicle covered by bill sticker __ that's promotion!	ADVANCEMENT
What one making a mad dash is, and does? Basic stuff	nuts and bolts
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1498
Clues	Answers
Advance quietly in university class	UPGRADE
Badger or horse?	NAG
Before midday I leave to find companion	AMIGO
Being bold, I present ring at sea	ENTERPRISING
Clergyman with nose in turkey?	PARSON
Cocktail that’s out of date?	old-fashioned
Coffee makes you stronger, they say	ROBUSTA
Cut short a game of cards	ABRIDGE
Dreadful secret involving quiet ghost	SPECTRE
Good Polish food	GRUB
Grumble, as sheep in field might do	BLEAT
Have a quick look around Tower	KEEP
Heard no horses do this	NEIGH
Killed a large number	SLEW
Long to have a Granny Smith? Or another fruit?	PINEAPPLE
Mad after son’s departure? That’s silly	INANE
Nothing unusual on thug	NOUGHT
Observe ambassador meeting newspaper boss	HEED
Pretend to be a writer, young one imprisoned here?	PLAYPEN
Princely Valentino bleeding a little	NOBLE
Repeat programme showing Her Majesty in control	RERUN
Scout occasionally drunk	SOT
Ship carrying fruit and some asparagus?	SPEARS
Take no notice of Italian gentleman losing head	IGNORE
Titles, I suspect, will reveal a snob?	ELITIST
Unruly Tibetan, so pig-headed!	OBSTINATE