The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26816 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26816 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A device for fastening back climbing plant	LIANA
A switch between opposing sides in port	ARCHANGEL
Appearance of a Republican challenger	ARRIVAL
Appearing in drag: a military trumpeter	AGAMI
Art school board accepts first of etchings, subject to evaluation	RATEABLE
Big fire I observed primarily consuming northern plant	INFERNO
Burden match official with announcement of rule	REFRAIN
Casual worker following start of race	OFFHAND
Complete set of books written in the country	ENTIRE
French writer having an impact in Uzbek city	SAMARKAND
Get better play area completed	RECOVER
Girl Guide leader touring quiet place in Canada	WINNIPEG
Have limited intelligence, sacrificing ends for moral principles	ETHIC
Injury keeping son in wood	HURST
Like Canute’s race to secure popular backing?	DANISH

Clues	Answers
Like goo finally slithering round the bend	GLOOPY
Most of capital knight put together for monument	CAIRN
Old cavalryman retreating in exceptional humiliation	UHLAN
Place of confinement debt collector has no say about	DUNGEON
Prohibitionist had row about English paper’s screamer	banner headline
Purchase drink, having left for Belgian capital	LEVERAGE
Respected politician’s condition accepted by presbyter’s staff	elder statesman
Second French article whose content is inferior? A bit	SNAFFLE
Soldiers using new range in groups	SERGEANTS
Speech made by new president during month by Russian river	INAUGURAL
Street clubs not long established around south	CRESCENT
Subject to bet, it could be inferior to Axminster	UNDERLAY
Token loan arranged to enclose most of pit	NOMINAL
Way in which old Liberals must enter valley	HOLLOW
Woman’s strong dislike for compound	disodium