The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1778

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Clues Answers
Archdeacon always displaying specious refinement VENEER
Artist is easy at first to uplift RAISE
Astute woman in outskirts of Coventry CANNY
Boat race oddly grips one — like spectacular flying! AEROBATIC
Caterpillar food? GRUB
Choosing the best job on the fruit farm? cherry-picking
Ditzy type can test briar, surprisingly SCATTERBRAIN
Extraordinary claims surrounding university entertainment MUSICAL
Extremely dodgy, unpleasant line of hereditary rulers DYNASTY
Fairly broad bowl used by women’s organisation WIDISH
Farm animal the present solver talked of EWE
Guards losing head finding gates, perhaps ENTRIES
Clues Answers
Heavenly body in need of a man-made hormone STEROID
Incident Elgar associated with pomp? CIRCUMSTANCE
Journalist given position in the French city LEEDS
Originally living under tree, like a wolf LUPINE
Parrot originally making a sound like a crow MACAW
Plant listening device in pub, catching English bête noire BUGBEAR
Pulverised earth GROUND
Reportedly how one may ill-treat a dog? WHIPPET
Thriller turned out down in hut WHODUNNIT
Throw drunkard over top of seawall TOSS
Unhealthy part of rail link ILL
What we may have on our mind before work? PREOCCUPATION