The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27712 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27712 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Podgier member, one held in proper regard initially	DUMPIER
Policemen get older? It’s a measure of things!	YARDAGE
Power employed by snow leopard to strike	POUNCE
Practical characters at borders of Hungary?	HANDY
Priest given right to plug team’s sovereign remedies	ELIXIRS
Product of poet — Frost, by the sound of it	RHYME
Quirky person swallowing an unfounded rumour	CANARD
Sadness quiet girl displays about old soldier going west	POIGNANCY
Sign of tooth decay? Not the first	ARIES
Soldiers propping up a former country in old Anatolia	asia minor
Study racehorse’s record and fit in	CONFORM
Thorny shrub that can be cut by a lively person?	CAPER
Tinny tone upset nobody	NONENTITY
Tree-dweller featuring in sundry advertisements	DRYAD
Type in China working on dairy farm?	MILKING
Urge of significant duration in capital of Greece	LONGING

Clues	Answers
Amateur work protecting calmer place where drinks are made	DISTILLERY
Brownie possibly eating meat? It’s Uncle Sam’s picnic	CLAMBAKE
Bucket down, causing hunt assembly to retreat	TEEM
Choose to applaud at first before interrupting stage work	OPERETTA
Civic dignitary from Irish county on seagoing vessel	MAYORESS
Expression of amusement having left lounge	LOLL
Formal note about a church dignitary	PRIMATE
German poet’s idyll finally digested by Republican president	RILKE
Girl turning up with award — a winged figure	CUPID
Governess has shot at making butter, possibly	nanny goat
Lake bird ultimately happier on home ground	MOORHEN
Line up again for compensation	REDRESS
Motherless calf in US that is faced with canine	DOGIE
One who circumvents hurdles when discussing terms?	NEGOTIATOR
Organisation keeping peace in family court	TRIBUNAL
Palm-greasing bachelor tucking into cheese by railway	BRIBERY