The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1472 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1472 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Lied about extremities of tower being robust?	STRONG
Little folk in team tucking into baked food	PIXIES
Male soldiers capturing unknown islanders	MANXMEN
Narcotic drug ambassador and politician used	HEMP
Old woman’s vehicle associated with a cosmetic	MASCARA
Painstaking character of oarsmen originally entering via loch	THOROUGHNESS
Part of circle a Roman Catholic joined	ARC
Remarkable person aboard Queen Elizabeth	ONER
Source of irritation in Italian church	ITCH
Starchy tuber — part of many a meal	YAM
The MP I hear at unexpected scene of contests	AMPHITHEATRE
Treasurer finally dips into entrance money? Enter uninvited	GATECRASH
Welshman’s old farm cart	OWAIN

Clues	Answers
Agonising undertaking for farm workers!	HARROWING
Airman’s plan to tour India	PILOT
American footballer’s mother dressed in hard-wearing fabric	LINEMAN
Arabian fellow visiting Sofia regularly	OMANI
Decorated old sailors at end of battle	ORNATE
Dwindling of pile noted unhappily	DEPLETION
Father’s report	POP
First male worker showing stubborn determination	ADAMANT
Flowering plant groups of sheep or birds picked up	PHLOX
Foot injury initially needing a doctor	IAMB
Girl courted without energy in part of Los Angeles	HOLLYWOOD
Horrified! Part of bag has torn!	AGHAST
Info supplied by senior officer briefly	GEN