The Times - Cryptic - January 24 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solution

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27569
Clues	Answers
Abdomen, soft little protuberance	tump
Acknowledge hospital is having trouble	HAIL
Attack from the rear to capture a Pacific island	GUAM
Criminal, in my opinion, had finally obeyed the law?	CONFORMED
Fired-up type, source of illumination	KINDLED
Funny comedian ignoring the first of three daughters	ODD
Game leader departing with a word of appreciation in Asian city, once	alma-ata
Game with boxes, present finally emerging	CHESS
Girl seeing bird, one in meadow	LETITIA
Group of jolly dimwits set up a happy scene	IDYLL
Have nothing to do with hermit-style holiday?	leave alone
Heading north, attacked to achieve rescue	DELIVER
Just when pearl of wisdom can be testing?	ASSAYING
Leading character abroad captured by female photographer	ALEPH
Light piece of verse that facilitates communication	LANDLINE
Load of church silver, holy books missing	CHARGE
Mood of small son confronting ’umungous lout?	SULK
Once in a blue moon, old master goes wrong, turning out bad art	SELDOM
One addict, I fancy, could show this	DEDICATION
Put on airs ridiculously, like a French author	PROUSTIAN
Register of leaderless soldiers with inadequate function	ENROL
Seabird leaving home has little hesitation to get fish	PUFFER
Shout with pain, with heart maybe leading to caution in game	yellow card
Something very cold about lord close to you, dictator	il duce
Starting point for endeavour in which maybe four succeeded, reportedly?	square one
Superior one joining up with four others	Great Lakes
Superior-sounding female set	GEL
The old man's entertaining celebrity baddies	DASTARDS
This writer's means of communicating with article heartlessly direct	IMMEDIATE
Turn of old French actor performing after end of war	ROTATION
United around military leader and single-minded	FOCUSED
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1534
Clues	Answers
Accept less rum in glasses	SPECTACLES
Actor is not cast to be producer of pictures	CARTOONIST
Bear that's found by side of road	SHOULDER
Coca leaf assortment? Collier may take his pick here	COALFACE
Diving gear stowed aboard, initially worn by youngster	SCUBA
Entering island state, I abandon crime	INIQUITY
Fish taken by fellow with no white wine	CHARDONNAY
Frenchman's refusal to accept a foreigner as emperor	NAPOLEON
Husband in great pain	ACHE
Lack of interest, in a way, on the fourth of July	APATHY
Lettuce prepared for pet	COSSET
Not affected as outsiders in race	SINCERE
Note English line dance	REEL
Nymph heard near middle of meadow	NAIAD
Old Gaelic speaker possibly sheltering old cat	OCELOT
One second inside current record	DISC
Part of Mayfair is home for some Europeans	IRISH
Rapid growth ruined a coastline	ESCALATION
Sneaky round is not very good	SAINTLY
Swallow displaying soft feathers	DOWN
They're used for stopping publicity	PLUGS
Time left to be engaged in task? What a laugh!	CHORTLE
Unable to proceed, removing last firm plaster	STUCCO
Woman at sea in yacht	CYNTHIA