The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26860 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26860 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A son blocking dull European’s difficult route to the top	greasy pole
Anna Maria’s husband is lukewarm: she’s excited!	samuel whiskers
Bizarre motive inspiring Velazquez’s first picture	tv movie
Carol collects roll for baking	SWELTERING
Collected first for children’s charity mostly	CALM
Dead bird boy finds outside	EXTERNAL
Decoration’s been lying in case, upside down	FINIAL
Did fancy hosts offer, at the end, something medicinal?	DRUG
Fifteen Listener puzzles	LEINSTER
Film makers, with a great deal, banking grand enthusiastically	hammer and tongs
Flat race maybe fails to finish	EVEN
Groups seen in Felixstowe? Seen and dispatched	ENNEADS
Hermia’s lover of fifty years — a smoother operator	LYSANDER
Intense flak flying about concealing unknown tool	stanley knife

Clues	Answers
My turn: quiet!	GOSH
On behalf of a call-girl	per pro
One’s coming in at nine o’clock making the most sound	WISEST
Perspective of one with a dirty job that can bring better rewards?	SWEEPSTAKE
Revolutionary famously finished off greeting in Indian language	MARATHI
Similar small plant appears in scenery for TV programme	sesame street
Some fear voting for Aussie PM	ARVO
Something unspecified that won’t head your To Do list!	WHATNOT
Tend to rule measure out	ADMINISTER
The female setter for today’s Herald	HERMES
This girl’s note no good, leading to anxiety?	SONGSTRESS
Veil was lifted by revolutionary ad revealing source of perfume	damask rose
We feel that journalist’s outstanding	OWED
Woman left after a major conflict	war widow