The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26854 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26854 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A boy is opening beer for tailor	PERSONALISE
Bar university cutting lead	PUB
Bird heading off hound	EAGLE
Block some entertaining others	INGOT
Calcium, lithium, fluorine or nickel, I’m thinking, make up rare metal	CALIFORNIUM
Catch girl close to rodeo	LASSO
Dress boxer with coat of green	ALIGN
East End star meets mate in Paris, giving big wave	TSUNAMI
Eg Tommy presenting diamond to Norma perhaps	rock opera
Every so often reveal catch	EEL
Extend green ground outside city	ENLARGE
Familiar stars split tiller	PLOUGHSHARE
Former law officer often seen with ruff?	REEVE
Halfpenny collar?	COP
Inspire revolutionary EU health indicator	IMBUE
Islands, quiet in the past, engaged in festivities	GALAPAGOS

Clues	Answers
Issue eggs, round, very classy, after hours	OVULATE
Letter from Greek ambassador stops Times article	THETA
Much travelled bird, one under 21	ALBATROSS
No longer in use, my empty old menageries impressing king	odzooks
Old Nick's auntie harnessing large ox	BEELZEBUB
Oscar-winning UK films distributed with 100 traditional tunes	folk music
Packed theatre rented middle of field	REPLETE
Pineapple contains popular syrup	GRENADINE
Reportedly fails to catch married lady's address	MRS
Running is not compulsory, taking in a long period	OPERATIONAL
Star's in bed for a smoke	CHEROOT
The Spanish besieging a grand old African capital	LAGOS
Top conductor West gets strong, up to no good	MAESTRO
Valets abused in French company? Such is life there	cest la vie
We EU solvers need to get organised	OURSELVES
What baffles one listener, two of them keeping quiet	EARPLUG