The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27416 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27416 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Natural olfactory sensor, evidently always at the front?	NOSE
Not for losers, it breaks European record	ELITIST
Performer carrying bomb, bully	DOMINEER
Polish player, winger	SANDPIPER
Pretending function complicated, shift political camp	fancy-dress party
Quite dark, first of those books for women?	TWILIT
Religious student, he is apprehended by whippersnapper	HEBRAIST
Report holes being punched in crevice	rifle shot
Skirts of raffia, that fibre	RAYON
Solo needing some practice, rarely uplifting	RECIT
Spike prodding metal pulled from furnace, very hot	PIPING
Staff keeping close to gourmet in French restaurant	CANTEEN
Structure associated with sick people — the rack?	STRETCHER
Topping riddle: about the fourth from Sphinx	PEPPERONI
Turner Prize contradicting itself: so protesting, every second	ROTOR

Clues	Answers
A hook at the back splitting top sail	SPINNAKER
A lip-smacking snack?	knuckle sandwich
Amendment, one being carried	RIDER
Appropriate money, one million up front	IMPOUND
Bird basted, roaster cooked after oven cleared out	REDBREAST
Considerable fine	HANDSOME
Flat object's thrown hard for sport	EVENTING
Goddess marrying that male and Egyptian god	HERA
Image daubed on spear	PERSONA
Index finger perhaps where one has a hand?	POKER
Jargon written about kitchen equipment in contract	COVENANT
Judge and godly type meeting	TRYST
Lament flash inside head	BEMOAN
Nation featured between covers of riotous book	ROMANS
Nation remains in turmoil that everyone can see cracks	SURINAME