The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Is part of spreadsheet used to fill in scores and assorted items? MISCELLANY
Correspondence still centrally stored by company PARITY
Poet scratching his bottom in pub BAR
Gentle hint largely designed to impart information ENLIGHTEN
Victor paid off, being feeble VAPID
Bill loves forbidden subject TABOO
Plan in principle getting cut down IDEA
Team calls party organised “fantastic!” CRYSTAL PALACE
Fraud involving computers being recalled SCAM
Plot to develop rocket, for example ALLOTMENT
Forest dweller, dull chap by all accounts BOAR
Colleague is friendly, but not initially ALLY
TV controller accommodated in Derbyshire motel REMOTE
Increase in destruction of a coastline ESCALATION
A big river, mostly deep blue ANIL
Want to chuck teacher in river? DESIRE
Old romance set somewhere in Africa CAMEROON
Area covered in fine wood OAK
Fruit — dish out entire can? NECTARINE
Senior cop involved in settlement dispute CONTRADICT
Josh, visibly angry about guy stealing new carpet KIDDERMINSTER
One-time conference venue set up by volunteers YALTA
Complain, as sheep might do BLEAT
Night of poetry held in Middle England EEN
Non-drinker needing support over summer TEETOTALLER
Top display you might pick up for tech trial BETA TEST
Medical specialist demanding every substance around emergency room ALLERGIST
Brown bread perfectly absorbs soup at first TOAST
Indecisive Tories rule shambolically IRRESOLUTE
Fair charge ultimately included in cost for part-time staff? TEMPERATE
Comparatively charming character hoping to find water? DIVINER
Horrible-looking fruit, I hear UGLY
Stupidly I bait red in bitter attack DIATRIBE
Country home getting financial assistance in recession INDIA
Top policeman having change of heart CAP
Deception hard to prove CONFIRM
Australian runner getting married in Brussels EMU
Potentially Oscar-winning drama made money outside America finally NOMINATED