The Times - Cryptic - January 15 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solution

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1527
Clues	Answers
Anger about female bringing weapon	RIFLE
Bed starts to creak — replace its base	CRIB
Better run island, one in the Bay of Naples	CAPRI
Dictator in regiment's HQ receiving head of state	DESPOT
Do without it, as ban involved	ABSTAIN
Find and copy	TRACE
Fruit: love assortment	ORANGE
Gain an advantage over nervous marshal at once	steal a march on
Game in which castle, perhaps, should be moved	pass the parcel
I must go in club that offers inducement	BAIT
Lucky dip bishop organised, backing nevertheless also required	bran tub
One who wrote nonsense about the kid, perhaps	LEATHER
Open University head under pressure	UPFRONT
Partly coincide as regards circuit	OVERLAP
Peninsula in Russian region son overlooked	IBERIA
Sold illicitly from sack by stage	BOOTLEG
Southwark infirmary for men only?	guys hospital
Staightforward procedures involving one in poor health	plain sailing
Subject of article — me!	THEME
Take undue advantage of don covering at university	put upon
Tolerant of knight that is breaking fast	LENIENT
Wee drink ahead of a play	DRAMA
Wife leaving joiner for church officer	ELDER
Working spell without delay	on time
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27561
Clues	Answers
Bird’s audible celebration of cat’s passing?	KITTIWAKE
Bound leaves up, with page slotted in	STRAPPED
Butcher introduces game for bar?	DISCOURAGEMENT
Campaign speech in the course of which people cleared out	OPERATION
Computerised application in trouble after millions join up	mail merge
Course designers ultimately admitted to waste	DESSERT
Dig garden’s first exposed borders	NUDGE
Dominance saint possesses	HOLDS
Drug-taking experience embraced by shy youth	STRIPLING
Fleet inspector retires following censure	RAPID
Getting ready to drop litter?	in pup
Hearty complaint from gang in Arbroath	ANGINA
Incinerator’s features to include receptacle for ashes	FURNACE
Lock-keeper’s slow decline	SLIDE
Managed to return thank-you letter	DELTA
Minister to put on touching shyness	RESERVE
Monstrous hound, far roaming, brought about Baskerville’s end	unheard-of
More than one bid from directors is thrown out	goes by the board
One graduate’s avoiding cake, a Cuban export	RUMBA
Rung any old number that’s announced	SPOKEN
Sailor joins party workers in the middle?	ABDOMEN
Server’s receipts significantly increased	UPLOADS
Shelled haricot bean disintegrated without oxygen	ANAEROBIC
Splendid secretary who’s been in the family a long time?	GRANDPA
Sponge falls over	DIPSO
State seizing Grand Duke settled abroad	EMIGRATED
Study country’s Article 50	PERUSAL
Swell fellows standing in for us during holiday month?	AUGMENT
Timber producer occupied court, close to accused	SATINWOOD
University angered cooks lacking the required seniority	UNDERAGE