The Times - Cryptic - February 17 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27589
Clues	Answers
Animal jumping numerous hedges	GNU
Association of women on message	WIRE
Before devout lady losing heart, minister installed	PREVIOUSLY
Cake show award	brownie point
Captain's position in game	BRIDGE
Cocktail: mix mine at the bottom, then do the same to yours?	whiskey sour
Confounded plant closing borders, not the first	INFERNAL
Describe number a bishop polished off	NARRATE
Entertainer set off after lorry, cape having fallen off the back	ARTISTE
Erotic performer, Australian beauty by the way	STRIPPER
Expressing disapproval, no good disappearing all together	TUTTI
Gismo functions in both directions, I say	DOODAH
Give it everything reversing one vessel towards another	bust a gut
Goddess on rug absorbed by a dodgy, sensual treatment	AROMATHERAPY
Grub finally reaching organ, stomach	BEAR
Hire mercenaries primarily: double shifts for construction company	HOMEBUILDER
I will run: about to proceed uphill	ROGER
In order, two articles written about that	at home
Lemon country	TURKEY
Lovely out?	STRIKING
Mark held to account, ultimately	DOT
Military vessel, after overhaul of port, so stylish	TROOPSHIP
Number divided by a hundred, one makes an impression	ETCHER
Prepare the brain to conserve energy?	HIBERNATE
Qualities oddly forgotten entering a boring affair	ADULTERY
Simpler career? Nonsense	BALDERDASH
Sovereign taking a nation in the wrong direction	REGINA
Tragic woman, person in opposition no more	ANTIGONE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1550
Clues	Answers
A Doctor of Divinity meeting son at university? Makes sense	adds up
Bear disdainful expression	POOH
Celebrated singer eager to return	DIVA
Clever of bishop to drink beer? Just the opposite!	ABLE
Cunning wife getting into scrap	SHREWD
Deny detective inspector’s allegation	DISCLAIM
Disconcerted queen sits on this, they say	THROWN
Feel anxious after change of leader	SENSE
Former wife deep in thought? That could be costly!	EXPENSIVE
Girl embracing star in gambling town	las vegas
Go around Bermuda on vacation, wearing this?	TURBAN
Hedgehog is very nice for the most part	SONIC
Idiot going round south-east in secret	CLOSET
Ignored by superior? That’s a blow	UPPERCUT
Letter from desperate elites clinging to power	EPISTLE
Muscular sailor Dad and I reported	POPEYE
One in the habit of taking stock?	RUSTLER
Poles are producing gin	SNARE
Renovate empty Reigate shop	RESTORE
Something appetising from pig or horse?	TROTTER
Spotted communist and went bananas	saw red
Theatre at York welcoming this agreement	TREATY
Took a dip with Penny in the Everglades, perhaps	SWAMP
Tossed and turned, no longer wanted	REDUNDANT
True lady, strangely, indulging in this?	ADULTERY
What dogs do to court female	WOOF