The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27308 Crossword Answer

 The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27308 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Finished on time and open to view	OVERT
First Oscar is too much for opera singer	TOSCA
Having a go at living without politicians	belabouring
Hero, number one cricketer coming in for a drink	LIBATION
Minister losing head going to America, one on hazardous trip	ICARUS
More cheerful right after cooking rich food	CHIRPIER
Need to take sick to one part of hospital	ENTAIL
One legally controlled by a couple of letters?	SUBTENANT
Plan to have second person in apartment when the first has gone	LAYOUT
Prince and king entertained by favourite after game	RUPERT
Several people looking for shipwreck?	DIVERS
Significant wicket falling — score short of a hundred	EIGHTY
Songs to entertain bishop in ecclesiastical grounds	GLEBES
Walking in a particular direction, overtake worker?	PASSANT

Clues	Answers
A bit set on changing — or maybe not!	OBSTINATE
A foreign writer is confronting text-changer lacking official status	UNAUTHORISED
Aimed to purchase, breaking into new trade	TARGETED
Assiduous old man in street meeting a top man	PAINSTAKING
Certainly, cutting energy used around island is sought after	in demand
Church woman beginning to shine vessels there	CHALICES
Course is creamy dessert with new finishing touch	SYLLABUS
Cross about doctor's indistinct utterance	MUMBLE
Cut grass covering bird, except for tail	REDUCED
Dad in a new relationship, a man challenging religious authority	ANTIPOPE
Demonstrated in front of church somewhere in France	PROVENCE
Don't expect any of them to give you the bigger picture	miniaturists
English army officer can be a pig	ELT
Female bad, not half, ending in shame	EVE