The Times Cryptic puzzle clues 2016 Aug 15

• A branch shortly becoming efficient Crossword Clue
• Address on Beaumont St, Oxford curiously AE Housman's? Lumme! Crossword Clue
• Beginning to lose in battle, he's desperate for good luck! Crossword Clue
• Cloakroom pin where witch secures three pretty elegant caps Crossword Clue
• Compliance in the assignment of Nautilus? Crossword Clue
• Comprehensive has charged up front for cover at night Crossword Clue
• Contaminate false teeth, biting article Crossword Clue
• Emperor worshipped God over time in course of African trip Crossword Clue
• Fighter capsizing before me — one easily sunk? Crossword Clue
• Hear about wood that's cheap Crossword Clue
• Insect, say, with frail wings, by houses Crossword Clue
• Lolly in trifle promptly sent back Crossword Clue
• Marine mammal, close Crossword Clue
• Old film evidently has twice bombed Crossword Clue
• Origins of cosmos explained: large-scale evolution brings a star Crossword Clue
• Party to empty pub, it's suggested? Crossword Clue
• Poet putting love on tape Crossword Clue
• Precious thing to get over, competitive motoring Crossword Clue
• Put out the litter Crossword Clue
• Quickly appreciate an appreciative audience? Crossword Clue
• Royals kept wangling a way to score, of course? Crossword Clue
• Sly, keen to hide at the back Crossword Clue
• State has run out of notes, behold! Crossword Clue
• Stew made with a tin full of beans Crossword Clue
• Two boys getting drunk a good deal? Crossword Clue
• Umbrella hardly opening, cry of disapproval about it Crossword Clue
• US author, books in head Crossword Clue
• Wrongly name birds retreating into the distance Crossword Clue