The Times Cryptic puzzle clues 2015 Feb 04

• Base watertight, might you say? Crossword Clue
• Beaten however badly, was ahead rounding first of markers Crossword Clue
• Card game for two — two characters by the sound of it! Crossword Clue
• Competitor throwing club with effort Crossword Clue
• Criminal exhausted with role, deciding initially to go straight Crossword Clue
• Departed, but yet to arrive? Crossword Clue
• Drop supporting parts in duplicate Crossword Clue
• Dry, needing help to absorb water in the end Crossword Clue
• First of gatecrashers entering house, a pain come the morning? Crossword Clue
• French writer having first murdered man in lift, backing away Crossword Clue
• Fringes distanced from righteous politicians in places of worship Crossword Clue
• Having shaved head, relative is free Crossword Clue
• Hot — hot off the press about right? Crossword Clue
• In film, look to keep record as a measure of progress Crossword Clue
• Is Cary Grant ultimately cast as lecherous? Crossword Clue
• Meal for £51? That's not food, only drink! Crossword Clue
• Melancholy doctor got high Crossword Clue
• Next to bag degree in ancient Greek Crossword Clue
• Nipper in church occupying pushchair, all inside leaving! Crossword Clue
• Paint bird with cat swallowing last of feathers Crossword Clue
• Part of a watch is used? Crossword Clue
• Pope away from the country? Crossword Clue
• Remainder in story lacking a horse Crossword Clue
• Seafood dish affected in some inedible starters Crossword Clue
• Somewhat shrill, a high note Crossword Clue
• Throw nut with steel screws Crossword Clue
• Woman having slipped my mind — whether man as remarkable? Crossword Clue