The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1342 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1342 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Grumble about old male, one involved in plot	COMPLAIN
Issue film about military intelligence	EMIT
Levelling out late in the day?	EVENING
Mug reportedly giving such support?	SUCCOUR
Sound off, destroying petition café left unfinished	PONTIFICATE
Spiritual leader originally in Muslim area mainly	IMAM
Star briefly given share in festivities	CELEBRATION
Strange thing, supporting a couple of Liberals through hours of darkness	all-night
Superior quality encountered around Rhode Island	MERIT
Superior? Not in status	OUTSTANDING
Two girls upset about one’s form of expression	IDIOM
Wed profitably, so to speak, in plant	MARIGOLD

Clues	Answers
A largely masculine activity mostly producing alloy	AMALGAM
Aboriginal inhabitant Chinese leader reined in at first?	MAORI
Antelope found in many a land	NYALA
Bizarre, associating Capone with English county briefly	SURREAL
Boat-builder’s failure to comply with doctor’s request?	NOAH
Declare right to divide benefit?	ASSERT
Descend rock-face with seaman — what he would do, they say	ABSEIL
Englishman in Australia with power and self-importance	POMP
Fascinating, doing this to potential slaves?	ENTHRALLING
Figure obese blokes primarily yearn for?	OBLONG
Former exam depicting rural life	PASTORAL
Gloomy maids wandering by lake	DISMAL