The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27652 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27652 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Less sensible place to go: area in Wigan booked	LOOPIER
Liberal MP enters, yet her children have all gone	empty-nester
Like deserts, several lacking sun	DRY
Log-keeper dismissed, log not started	FIREDOG
Noble player in Varsity match initiated	blue-blooded
Peak in Ionian Islands seen from east	SINAI
Prediction of upcoming changes in theatre assignments?	FORECASTING
Resilient European to remain in charge	ELASTIC
Ructions as king intercepts saboteur unexpectedly	OUTBREAKS
Sentimental character from Olympus retiring	MUSHY
Shade, metallic grey, oddly	TINGE
Sport losing wife's attention	EAR
Stray dog's lead split	DRIFT
Take vital supply yielding plenty of gas	TALKATIVE
Tried yet failed to acquire by skill	DEXTERITY
Triumph, confining prisoners on island state	WISCONSIN

Clues	Answers
A way into field blocked by black spiky plant	ASTILBE
Anguish of the Gascon duo	DESPAIR
Back to be dealt with by churl	OAF
Beefy type turned up in underwear that often snapped	box camera
Cry of bird — motherless one?	CAW
Dance record by Rolling Stone	one-step
Delay, hoping to gain from peak hours when son's away	buy time
Doctor damaging practice	DRILL
Don’t hold back with the rent, maybe, sobbing	TEARFULLY
Erected, taken down and mounted	put up
Exercise too much in public, then shower?	OVERTRAIN
Fine rank	SHEER
Handle of identical large pot’s broken	SURNAME
Hot refreshment in mug during church function	CASSEROLE
Influenced by articles in Le Monde and Die Welt	UNDER
Intricate feline parts fell in	COMPLICATED