The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1005

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Clues Answers
Ape an old historian GIBBON
Apple brandy and soda served up after Calvin’s dropped in CALVADOS
Branch grasped by climber LIMB
Controls, we hear, for some Europeans CZECHS
Engineers left in charge for survivor RELIC
Expert bearing weight right away at once
Feel grateful for increase in value APPRECIATE
Finding piece of wood to entertain pet at home LOCATING
Five hundred gather with copper in capital DAMASCUS
Get cracking with fish that's quite unexpected STARTLING
Hit tunes as recollected by fan ENTHUSIAST
Islander, famous at last, with a grouse SAMOAN
Lake that sounds spooky ERIE
Clues Answers
One in Germany, say, brought back spirit GENIE
Original garden for PM EDEN
Plant in the shade LILAC
Plunge in river cut short after one minute IMMERSE
Put down face up LAID
Seeing less impressive performance BLINDER
Swear nothing is taken from path CURSE
Type of punishment for NCO CORPORAL
Unlooked-for line forming part of church CHANCEL
Very bad article in French account of past events CHRONICLE
Wise king on his own one day? SOLOMON
Wood required by barrel makers ELM
You can't live without this song AIR