The Times Quick Cryptic puzzle clues 2023 Oct 26

• Block off cathedral? Not quite Crossword Clue
• Chap has difficulty — getting down this? Crossword Clue
• Confessed about pair helped to escape from prison Crossword Clue
• Drop back for vapid chatter Crossword Clue
• Employ software and play regularly Crossword Clue
• Finding opera composer extremely competent Crossword Clue
• First of convicts to join prison Crossword Clue
• Flowers: one comes up Crossword Clue
• Get the better of Oxford University fool Crossword Clue
• Homework zone, not quite ready Crossword Clue
• In loo, Irish terrier Crossword Clue
• Join up, unusually silent Crossword Clue
• Knead right inside pan Crossword Clue
• Most dangerous holiday in which I take to the slopes Crossword Clue
• Mouth is to turn black Crossword Clue
• Number one zoo employee? Crossword Clue
• Plot singular right-wing policy Crossword Clue
• Put Mike into coarse cloth as punishment Crossword Clue
• Records attempt to create wall hanging Crossword Clue
• Refuse to allow surgeon the lead in operation Crossword Clue
• Secretive about good play’s ending Crossword Clue
• Singers messed up entry Crossword Clue
• Small quantity of beer goes to the head in seaside resort Crossword Clue
• Storage unit that sounds a mouthful Crossword Clue
• Taxes coral islands, but not at first Crossword Clue
• Translate name into prettier version Crossword Clue