Times 27 474

[barnaclebill58]

11a Someone short of time heading off from sports field t?t?h . Must be titch but what is the sports field?
19d Dictator's private bitterness. r?n?o?r. Must be rancour but can't see who the dictator is and where private fits in
18a Court refused to give orders to intelligence agency. After getting a few crossers, I used a solver to get instrumentality but can't see how the clue works. Is the answer a court or an agency? Mr Google isn't helping.

[dannyk13]

T (time) + (p)itch (ports field)

[Neveracrossword]

11 Titch, someone short. Take P, heading, off Pitch,sports field + put T in front .

[Mamyalynne]

18 https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/instrumentality

[scorpiojo]

T(ime) (p)itch def someone short.

[Lie-in King]

11a Titch - 't(ime)' + '(p)itch' (heading off)
19d Rancour - dictator/speaker's "ranker" (private; soldier)
18a Instrumentality (agency) - 'instru(ct)' ('c[our]t' refused) + 'mentality' (intelligence)

[Neveracrossword]

19 Rancour is bitterness, dictator = it'd sound like 'ranker', private, soldier.

[dannyk13]

Instru(ct) (give orders) + mentality (intelligence)