The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26375 - April 1, 2016 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26375 - April 1, 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A desert area in eastern French region	AQUITAINE
A grand I collected must include money for financial assistance	GRANTINAID
About start of season, top side almost lost	ATSEA
Back new cultural activities set up in Scottish port	STRANRAER
Carp and egg served with cream	NITPICK
Case of lady entering tube, heading for Earl's Court	HOLYSEE
Checks up on household, miles away in Hertfordshire town	STEVENAGE
Chief petty officer initially having little room for manoeuvre?	POKEY
Chinese army loses dominance in central parts of orient	TAIWANESE
City's financial institution agreed to accept grand	BANGKOK
Creature slept upside-down, head tucked away	PANDA
For example, during election broadcast, nothing standing out as worth watching	TELEGENIC
Guerrilla leader films drug dealers	CHEMISTS
Hikers disturbed songbird	SHRIKE
In the middle of the morning, i.e. when energy is fading	AMIDST
Join sailing vessel, something observable in the water	SEAMARK

Clues	Answers
Lack of harmony is issue in part of ballet	DISSONANCE
Learner still worried about that first gear?	LAYETTE
Mentioned form of punishment for murderer	CAIN
Most unimpressive opera cycle left incomplete by a composer	PALESTRINA
Old man has little time for bygone days	PAST
Opponent cannot win, being regularly eliminated	ANTI
Physicist's short course in computer knowledge just beginning	PLANCK
Placed the wrong way, slates break	SNAP
Restaurant, say, cut cheese sandwiches	BRASSERIE
Sparkling wine, right, not still	ASTIR
Stone thrown in attack	SETON
Suffering cuts, college illogically put back subject	LIEGE
Supply with food like grapefruit, wanting different starter?	NOURISH
US state going into fish business — ultimately lots there?	CARPARKS
Year on shop floor	STOREY
You briefly tucked into heavenly food one's served with last of cheese sauce	MAYONNAISE