The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1563 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1563 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Penny, say, hugging American relative	COUSIN
Scattered boxes on bottom of pile	SPARSE
Spots all cheetahs need evidently, first of all	ACNE
Star performer, groom?	man of the match
Tablet that's stuck on teeth	PLAQUE
Tea extended after two ducks	OOLONG
Time taken spreading it around	DURATION
Unite king and idiot	KNIT
Value normally expected with a soldier	PARA
Very old figure kept in step	stone-age
Yellow food, or black, say	BUTTER

Clues	Answers
A sign that's confused bearing unknown proverb	SAYING
Catch a number up	NET
Conrad is awfully cynical	SARDONIC
Creature roaming randomly round capital in Sudan	ORGANISM
Flatten metal	IRON
Hand, honest and level	straight flush
I had backed ally, so shockingly traitorous	DISLOYAL
Implement: also utensil, ultimately	TOOL
Insect in a pickle? Most delightful!	NICEST
Mountain in Japan, utterly fabulous, initially, to climb	FUJI
One's heard on the phone offering to negotiate, to some extent	RINGTONE
Others entering Italian river quickly	PRESTO