The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27579

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Clues Answers
Alumnus, boring perhaps, certainly not square OBLONG
Athena, as concealed in shadow PALL
Bad experience the end for Edward the Confessor? DOWNER
Bear cat in bag 4’s opening STOMACH
Betrayal Tristan’s principal motivation TREASON
Cast made moral sentiment the focus here? MELODRAMA
Complex libel cases for example clear enough? LEGIBLE
Cover design with male bird, put back for book NEHEMIAH
Dance crew walk unsteadily after a few Eightsome reel
Danish canapés potentially causing discomfort aches and pains
English setter say barking in comfortable situation easy street
Founder of sect keeping room for one of different faith MORMON
Idealistic reformer best protected by posh Scotsman UTOPIAN
Italian river joins lake with country POLAND
Keen on extremely loathsome diatribe? Evidently not? INTOLERANT
Clues Answers
Light that warns companion leaving compartment AMBER
Likely to see red snake in fancy WASPISH
More than one fell in love with men in the script MOORS
Mr Smetana rearranged lines we once made up men-at-arms
Not caught, pawnbroker remains free UNLEASH
Occasionally behind peers: feel down about this? EIDER
One learned all about northern explorer MAGELLAN
One Murdoch hails originally from Dublin? IRISH
Only bitch barks in this breed? MALEMUTE
Person embracing books succeeded venomous crawler HUNTSMAN
Petite flyer no man in Royal Navy WREN
Soul-stirring volume returned by learner on Scottish island EMOTIONAL
Tusked beast smuggled back with prince NARWHAL
What about plan received by sensitive signalling system? SEMAPHORE
Wine endlessly consumed in unspoilt meadow PASTURE