The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27724 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27724 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Lighter work around shopping centre, this person recalled	oil lamp
Mercurial premier defending country in old political system	roman empire
Record store, busy place on Circle Line	ARCHIVE
Relative regularly on site, a chef	NIECE
Return of expedition, walk somewhere far, far away	deep space
See, with touring group, capital city	COLOMBO
Site in Angkor in view: a temple	WAT
Slowly coming to understand unkind remark, gibe ultimately hurt	digesting
Start — to make an omelette?	get cracking
Storage facility had a few jars knocked over	DEPOT
Think of a number in the seventies	IMAGINE
Thinking in box, OK to score?	CONSIDERATE
Understand about part of speech I'm to write about in note	SEMIBREVE
Uninspiring legend or story ends	DRY
Winger, smooth player	SANDPIPER
Young men following game wasted a lot of money	MEGABUCKS

Clues	Answers
Animal small, just right	STOAT
Artist saved flesh?	BACON
Artist’s material somehow cheaper: aim to cover page	papier-mache
Capital in Washington, I note, a US city	WICHITA
Charge university set up in New York, void	NULLIFY
City getting disastrous coverage of display: topsy-turvy one, that is	POMPEII
Coming up, check out festival	EID
Cord securing lamb cooked in meat dish	TIMBALE
Drunk almost ending on floor, one laying it on thick	PLASTERER
European king attending match, hiding crown	GREEK
Famous Dickensian turn of events	TWIST
Good egg — that won't float on water!	BRICK
Grasped by uncle, somehow, concept of ancient geometry	EUCLIDEAN
Headless reptile, fabulous monster	ROC
Indian territory food seller mentioned?	DELHI
Instrument I found in experiment, most troublesome	THORNIEST