The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1559 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1559 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Man has nearly forty days to find girl	HELEN
One divulging secrets in three books about the French queen	BLABBER
Politician going round a Berkshire town, following plan	map-reading
Queen Catherine somewhat stuck up, arrogant	PARR
Radio presenter’s formal jacket spoken of	DEEJAY
Reg’s team rearranged home fixture	gas meter
Rich fellow’s finally given a shilling	NABOB
Shoot a female bishop in duel, retreating	leafbud
Short opening move by a foreign state	GAMBIA
Theatre company within month: it’s worn out	DECREPIT
Use yours truly, backing stratagem	EMPLOY
Very little élan	DASH

Clues	Answers
Amazing blender ICI manufactured	INCREDIBLE
Artificial piece: damn amazing, some reflected	man-made
Between right and left, each is genuine	REAL
Brilliant display of yarn wound around cape	ECLAT
Copper pen in form of box?	CUBIC
Custodians putting clutch again in vehicles	CARETAKERS
Czech bachelor languishing in a home	BOHEMIAN
Girl to live recklessly	VIOLET
Hoist flag	JACK
In the end, run over to collect honour: it precedes Oscar	NOVEMBER
Like some paint floating in pond across river	NONDRIP
Made inroads in French, taught to handle grammar, finally	ENCROACHED