The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27451 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27451 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Plate thrown, Greeks finally talk things over	DISCUSS
Pop hit me	number one
Position of diamonds in one item of clothing and another	SHORTSTOP
Potter character in audition?	CUE
Ritual with a morose style	POMPADOUR
Rumblings below after those horrific starters	THUNDER
Slight cut: little pale, did you say?	minute steak
Starter not for pot, as in a stew	ANTIPASTO
Swift drop, a run in the wrong direction	RAPID
Take care of male relative as an afterthought, perhaps?	PARENTHESIS
Teaching honour awarded to setter, quite possibly?	DOGMA
Title role in 'Shrek' originally recalled	SIR
Top money, once	CROWN
Trail bikes at the back broke	SPOOR
Twisted upward, canine has partially gutted fish	GUPPY
Upsetting process of fitting hat to head?	CAPSIZING

Clues	Answers
Boyfriend ultimately was irritating — what was he then?	DITCHED
Carriage set up or dismantled	POSTURE
Carry vessel upside down	BUS
Champion swallow in blowing wind?	backdraught
Community and detention centres contest release	UNTIE
Compete to win game maintaining initially professional attitude	VIEWPOINT
Fire-starter in tree, but I resolved to protect queen	BRIQUETTE
Joke in the end on animals — that's witty	EPIGRAM
King possibly finished with throne at last: warning about that	SOVEREIGN
Language papers and course taken by day's end	YIDDISH
Legal process taking a toll on fellow	HEARING
Look when topless? Aargh!	EEK
Mounted on horse, fight	punch-up
Nation unable to carry things over?	GABON
Northern feast to which south not invited	UPPER
Objects fired in fear, then war erupting	EARTHENWARE