The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1319 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1319 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Lift a car number plate, we hear, that’s finely balanced	razor edge
Magistrates and journalists getting form of exercise	bench press
Neil getting up around one — having had this?	lie-in
One following US rock band is at death’s door	in extremis
One no longer working on Hebridean island	RETIREE
Pudding that’s prepared faster	AFTERS
Short rest not awfully peaceful at first	NAP
Speaker taking to social media?	TWEETER
TV announcer answered, er, awkwardly	news-reader
Unofficial cop versus one GI with large stake	VIGILANTE
Visibly embarrassed, that is, after recalling duck	EIDER
Women’s Institute good making syrup	WIG

Clues	Answers
A short jacket, brightly coloured?	ABLAZE
Add this to get fourteen office hours?	nine-to-five
Colleges attended by former partner — coed?	UNISEX
Dark, headless horseman	NIGHT
Description of tiny particle from potato, microscopic	ATOMIC
Direct ambition	AIM
Director general in new role as tenant	LODGER
Draw stomach back	TUG
Farmworker who drives poor hens mad, crossing river	HERDSMAN
Feed friend initially, then stranger	FODDER
Ideal person in gallery present	gods gift
Kid brewed drinks and coffee, finally	TEASE