The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27721 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27721 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Just succeeded, given hint	SIMPLY
Nerve and wit I deployed in formal meeting	INTERVIEW
Perhaps needing plates inserted, without force	TOOTHLESS
Person in office one playing rates	TEMPI
Resolve to move rook to the fifth? No way	NEVER
Short, quick steps taken by one who prepares meat	MINCER
Small child put in helmet, then put on cap	LIMITED
Spare rooms at last given to uncle	SLENDER
Team methods not progressive	SIDEWAYS
Time of year when zebra almost mounts zebu?	EQUINOX
Time out?	NIGHT
Trying to remove minute little growth	SAPLING
Turn to confront after an attack	about-face
Usual memo recirculated was a great wonder	MAUSOLEUM
Various relations had more children?	extended family

Clues	Answers
Acceptable shape of neck with a top	VALID
After dealing, saying one is meant to cut	coping saw
Artist changes one hand in capital, Ionic at the top	BELLINI
Crudely hang sort of gate that nobody at first goes through	LYNCH
Demanding to be beheaded: doing it?	AXING
Fish edge up — another fish died	PILCHARD
Follows sailor? Sailor may follow this	DOGSTAR
From DNA remains, I reconstructed indigenous people	AMERINDIANS
Game, having drunk whiskey and other fluids	TIDDLYWINKS
Ghost finally vanishes, joining a series of shades	SPECTRA
Great cheers and no end of criticism given to supporter	FANTASTIC
Half speak unintelligibly, keeping this quiet	MUM
I’m surprised to see you describe Mercury	its a small world
In less, I book transport	MINIBUS
It may fly in endless rage	FUR