The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1483 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1483 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Mature and wise? Not initially	AGE
Note coming from small plucked instrument	SHARP
Objective of potential lover, until now?	to date
One expecting Bottom here in play	mother-to-be
Queen cross over East wing	ANNEXE
Reveal love in declaration of intent	MANIFESTO
Soldier's charge account set up around start of October	storm trooper
Start working with group	ONSET
Stretch of Devon river full of vessels	EXPANSE
Tried to, working in a US city	DETROIT
Willing retainer? Mellows, for example	GAMEKEEPER
Wood used by barrel maker	ELM

Clues	Answers
Agricultural machine marked spruce badly	muckspreader
Appearance of couple heading off	AIR
Cambridge blue, perhaps wore pants on river	ROWER
Draw level, right away	TIE
Follow the man leaving the bar	TRAIL
Gambler leaving richer	better off
Gives birth: wife lends a hand	WHELPS
Gold discovered in extensive marsh	MORASS
Greatly delight church member	CHARM
I pray, forlornly, about sultanate's burning desire?	PYROMANIA
Later step developed a constituent of gunpowder	SALTPETRE
Long tiring walk for vagrant	TRAMP