The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27735 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27735 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Old poet in middle of school run	HORACE
One of those on the fiddle — and bit of a racket?	STRING
Out of bed and on one's feet, honest	UPSTANDING
Person taking photograph, you might say — one's spread out?	PICNICKER
PM in place less cultivated?	HEATH
Raise a second monster	COCKATRICE
Rotten cricket side	OFF
Sample of crystal clear powder	TALC
Simple piece of music couple picked up in China?	CHOPSTICKS
Stick this person in part of Sydney	BONDI
Stomach device briefly placed under jaw	GASTRIC
Strict order of mail train so arranged	formalisation
Trees burning somewhere in Hampshire	ALDERSHOT
Try series of motorbike races, a must	GOTTA

Clues	Answers
A poem by Byron ultimately artless	NAIF
A ton wasted with credit diminishing	DETRACTION
Almost all cheating to get European title	FRAU
Amongst pointed objects, men discover scissors	pinking shears
Batting with no indication of time, completely overwhelmed	INUNDATED
Catch that's catchy?	HOOK
Content of book appears to be skewed in TV programme	soap opera
Figure of male grabbed by itinerant breaking free	RHOMBOID
Final points in remit resolved	TERMINI
Fish in catch, one monster hauled up — snapper?	crocodilian
Fish struggle to stay afloat	FLOUNDER
Island nation never accepted ultimatum, riling union leaders	NAURU
Lapse, not bad for sailor	SIN
Medal Regius Professor initially suggested?	purple heart