The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27154 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27154 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Mark coming soon to open street party	stag night
Marketing ploy of a number that’s taken in wrong spirit	rebadging
Minutes or seconds from nasty accident, steps back	ACTA
Pocket: area of snooker table for pot	WEED
Popular singer comes before poet	LARKIN
Precocious girl of 24’s language: that’s tasty all round!	MADAM
Provider of instructions for golf: driver needed	PROGRAMMER
Reason old woman needs new park keeper	GROUNDSMAN
Rustic couple on lake	YOKEL
Single minded about success, ultimately display timidity	run scared
Stop work in kitchen	dry up
They’re ok for cars, for transporting	roof racks
Welcome private practitioner holding various positions	YOGI
Work of British parliament covering security breach	bleak house

Clues	Answers
Ace thrilled with rap music trophy	americas cup
After travelling, reach old English town	ROCHDALE
Bears in the wood with horse coming up	HAS
Character of Greek cowherd turning up off and on	RHO
Coming to blows with general over charge	LEEWARD
Compromise, going by sea, returning first class	via media
Cove hidden by beach — a pity	CHAP
Did state nursing languish in misuse of drug?	OPINED
Exclamation from lady in theatre exposed mother and boy, observe	out damned spot
Football body’s second tier director	fassbinder
Four, maybe, twisting one’s arm	OARSMEN
Girl in papers upset by gossip	DIANA
I seize promotion without difficulty: that’s viewed unfavourably	in a bad light
London landmark lady matriarch constructed	Admiralty Arch