The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27449 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27449 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Playing role subtly, one moves the masses	TROLLEYBUS
Precise sort of knife left cuts	STICKLER
Raise the rate to screen Sky	ETHER
Ring operator, ringing round and hinting at trouble	OMINOUS
Short cut from port, once in motion	eton crop
Show ability to take off party food	CANAPE
Slip home, by the sound of it	GAFFE
Something dotty relative with tablets brought over	ELLIPSIS
Specialised unit of time? Request this in Paris	task force
Staff taking time out — in other words, a possible skive?	SICKIE
Stop suffering on the phone	WHOA
Tough on one mum protects	RESILIENT
Trembling post-coitally, without way to hide emotion	play it cool
Vehicle passes through rock in a line	TETRAMETER

Clues	Answers
“Heap” and “lot” could be about right for this?	PLETHORA
Beater caught hunted creature	HART
Break down piece by Spanish composer	fall apart
Channel surfing's primary feature	STRAIT
Criticism which goes over actors’ heads?	REPROOF
Debussy's opening with E flat, cutting a section	DEPARTMENT
Give acclaim, receiving small gesture of welcome	HANDCLASP
Initially, female becoming hot and dry	ATHIRST
Interest rising then lowering keeps home cheap	bargain-basement
Literary heiress left capital around	PORTIA
Not giving in, ruined castle defends island	INELASTIC
Official work clothes for plant	TREFOIL
One who may snare you with record including music on piano	ENTRAPPER
Paper bags over old soldiers	FOOT
Picked up hamper for country club	BLOC