The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27500 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27500 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Once at my studio, I might produce such a programme	situation comedy
One taking notice in my school	ACADEMY
Parody about flower company's final omission	APOCOPE
Place to drive from, with refusal to waste a minute	TEENY
Put down iron after crease initially comes out of collar	OPPRESS
Rat briefly cuts supply in plant	CACTUS
Returning ingredients, a chef drops bananas, needing bread	strapped for cash
Rhubarb found in beet, upside-down, back-to-front	DISPUTE
Runners on less firm terrain here — fine, in spite of stumbling	off-piste
Sad face, taking in storm on vacation	DISMAL
Shoot gangster, heading west in capital	La Paz
Son that is returning gym skirt	SIDESTEP
Straighten back of jacket? I would, certainly	tidy up
Sweet drink — price, oddly, is around tuppence	apple pie
Visionary caught one in here	PRESCIENT

Clues	Answers
Arresting Liberal Democrat, copper picked up investigation — there's only one way out of it	cul de sac
Award state power over psychological drug	PLACEBO
Chat about hospital being involved in small leak	SCHMOOZE
Cooked: did prune in advance?	PREPARED
Covering miles, a swallow comes up onto mate's tail feathers	PLUMAGE
Dagger's not used ’til fight	set-to
Elderly fellow reported a swindle after a thousand is taken	GERIATRIC
Excited to go and do the unfinished pattern on fabric	DOGTOOTH
Feline admirer not at ease in this?	CLOVER
First one off to get a tan? Better take top off	UNCAP
Hoping to relieve pressure, cooked around 200 dumplings	GNOCCHI
Information needed by two guardian spirits	GENII
Letters dispatched in fliers	AIRMAIL
Locate neckwear taken from University Challenge?	TRACE
Nancy's very cross and that's wrong	TRESPASS