The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27053 June 1 2018

The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27053

Clues	Answers
Arrangements for action aborted, or left out	order of battle
Asian bands love ending with encore	OBIS
Belief one may be a source of litter?	DOGMA
Doctor stops neuralgic spasms	plastic surgeon
Does one hold up one who is late?	pall-bearer
Giving title to book and nine long works	ENNOBLING
Grasp tip of throw rug	TWIG
Henry leaves Frank a record for dance	one-step
Introduced now dominant figure on paper	PRESENTED
Language’s current rules about welcoming greeting	SWAHILI
Leader with due respect to me	PACESETTER
Losing heart, book holiday period	NOEL
Maybe kilos wife’s shed, showing figure	EIGHT
Moving a line at the end of proposal on the internet?	EMOTIONAL

Clues	Answers
Old writing, wanting a new start	OPENING
Once again, make fast retreat — run off	RETIE
One dealing with gender-fluid performer	transactor
Pan for some food maybe being the wrong size	DISPROPORTION
Place to eat in Times Square	MESS
Pupil once misleads about spearhead of ground forces	OBLIGES
Radical message, not the first on film	EXTREMIST
Rob’s put on small garments	FLEECES
Ruler in east, one out of Shanghai	EMPRESS
Say how to buy drug patent with two drugs — the wrong way	over-the-counter
Show disapproval over note in noted passage	TUTTI
Sozzled, rise twice to spit	ROTISSERIE
Tradesman more likely to avoid work after golf	GLAZIER
Way of working in thrill, almost erotic	AMOROUS