The Times - Cryptic May 15 2001 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 15 2001

Clue	Answer
17 eat the employers' dinner	BEANFEAST
Anaesthetist for Bedfordshire?	SANDMAN
Bassets milling round old condemned building material	ASBESTOS
Bawl out duke, becoming esteemed	RATED
Bird dog losing its head	EAGLE
Boycott chess player on a roll	BLACKLIST
Curtseyed with a page-boy	BOBBED
Female's gone to camouflage dubious tasty dip	GUACAMOLE
Flushed athlete, one going up the pole	SCARLETRUNNER
For convenience, increase the number in herd	ROUNDUP
Formidable competitor, grand in a row	TIGER
Good area for curry	GROOM
Heartless Galileans with a peculiar insensibility	ANALGESIA
Hidden gifts may be revealed here, for all the chaff	BRANTUB
Immoderate appetite on liquor could get you five years	LUSTRUM
It sounds like First Lady's deterioration indicated bug	EAVESDROP
Lumbar puncture that may impair your standing	STABINTHEBACK
Northern ballet embodying a game	NETBALC
Nothing in the old gout to make one lose heart	DROOP
On his day he may be taken for a ride	APRILFOOI
One who seizes child by the head	KIDNAPPER
One who will not have animals, say, in a vehicle	VEGAN
Pack left, after being initially dealt with	TALON
Princess standing up to scold the queen	REGAN
Promote leading brand?	UPGRADE
She involved lover in a close shave	DECLINE
Shirt tail finished with a fine cheese cloth	TAFFETA
Table disintegrated under rising Parliamentarian	PEMBROKE
Time caution's needed, keeping behind to gain advantage	TRUMPCARD
To ensnare men she danced	ENMESE

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