The Times - Specialist - Mephisto No 3267

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Clues Answers
A man endlessly railing with withering comments on the sidelines? MARGINALIA
A right shower caught and put on trial ARRAIGN
Abuse Simon Cowell on a regular basis? I’ll do that WILCO
Afternoon snooze in confines of comfortable sofa CANAPE
Back part of house vacated, holes found underground CAVES
Besties say “soz” after some cutting texts ESSAYS
Black carbon in metal forged when temperature’s dropped melanic
Bore? Drunken nuisance covers that ENNUI
Contemporary English version bound in black material COEVAL
Country clubs are below accepted value suffering shortfall AMERICA
Disheartened cake lover not very happy about WI cooking CREOLE
Fast Internet connection cut off in street SWIFT
Fed with snippets of lurid exposé for reporter LEGMAN
Indian plant after grinding can be tofu bean curd
Indian side tap it around after tea CHAPATTI
Lecturer wearing a tatty grey sweater ARGYLE
Most unwelcoming foreign cities ICIEST
Musical themes that accompany live broadcast capturing most of bird returning south leitmotivs
Clues Answers
Newlyweds maybe left in carriage COUPLE
Premier League prima donna? DIVA
Rampant seed is unbeatable opponent NEMESIS
Regularly measured many a golf shot … with these? YARDAGES
Restaurant’s introducing decrees after tumbling industrial espionage targets trade secrets
Setter on slipping lead wags tail around chow ALIMENT
Ship worker with time off OILER
Spring rolls and noodles for starters, then tucked into meat VERNAL
Struggled with name for female nix NOUGHT
Supreme Court historically imprisons pompous Colonel made penniless SUBLIME
Troy squeezes head off pimple ILIUM
Unripe plums, 50 per cent off GREEN
Unsheathed axe to split LEAVE
Vale Academy kick off against United ADIEU
Virgin travel agent in ad with image for a resort maiden voyage
Voice next to lake making wild animal retreat LAIR
Weeping willow’s top leaves grew given tips from expert GREET
What could be reinterpreted as “sods”, no? SOANDSOS