The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27722

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Clues Answers
Abstain unhappily, accommodating clever old Protestant ANABAPTIST
Army team’s hired transport TAXI
Cooking that brings severe reprimand ROASTING
Curiously it’s a teen’s postprandial drink ANISETTE
Drink a wading bird left unfinished BITTER
Eg Marilyn Monroe’s heavenly body? STAR
Energetic-sounding insects primarily tormenting large antelope HARTEBEEST
Extremely knavish, authoritarian old Turkic ruler KHAN
Finally preparing a meal, start to unwrap ten cakes GATEAUX
Girl’s description of operational ship impervious to attack UNASSAILABLE
Grandee’s pet crossing river with heartless Italian poet ARISTOCRAT
It conveys eggs over bridge, leaving area OVIDUCT
Oil producer’s beer cask knocked over by clown COCONUT
On radio, prepare a town for a cackling bird KOOKABURRA
Clues Answers
One rushing to get hold of Charlie’s weepie film tear-jerker
Persistently nag male Hollywood actor about end of western HENPECK
Person of honour dined with Lee — not I LAUREATE
Position of junior officer’s place secured by secondary lease sublieutenancy
Relatives taking a French class on art in Paris UNCLES
S Pacific territory’s stone memorial is to west of country pitcairn island
Second home in country landing tax once SCOT
Soldier sick in bloody tube on island! ARTILLERYMAN
Spice teachers initially misidentified, say NUTMEG
Spots first of nuns entering a church ACNE
Terrible ruler, one with leading position IVAN
Threatening apparition swinging moneybag BOGEYMAN
Very small eye went roving round key US city teeny-weeny
Way to introduce a knight, one who speaks Pashto PATHAN