The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2019 05 13

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Smooth gelato melted LEGATO
Pay Greek character heading for Belgium to follow truck PICK UP THE TAB
Group getting cold in tub BATCH
ONE RELATIVE AND ONE FRIEND LACKING SPIRIT INANIMATE
A blast — methane, perhaps? GAS
A drug ring supplying interplanetary travellers ASTEROID BELT
Adriatic port targets problem with locks SPLIT ENDS
Awkward getting some sleep in it INAPT
Lass there, awfully cruel HEARTLESS
Execute that man bathed in a little sweat? BEHEAD
Stepping down, agreeing terms again? RESIGNING
Remove Times puzzle, finally ERASE
Substitute book RESERVE
Second letter in a large, complicated branch of mathematics ALGEBRA
FIRST IN HIERARCHY, NUMBER IS TOP HEIGHT
A MIDDLE SECTION IN DIRE TUNE AIR
STRANGEST IDEA TO REBUILD WEST SUSSEX TOWN EAST GRINSTEAD
HIT MOST OF THE SPOTS THRASH
UPSET OR PLACATE FEMALE RULER CLEOPATRA
STUDENT, BIT OF A LOOKER? PUPIL
Spy about right in capital of Asian country ARGENTINA
SORT OUT MIDDLE SECTION OF TUNE WITH COMPOSER UNRAVEL
By the sound of it, taken to court for fraud PSEUD
Cheek — that's by the mouth LIP
Demon in Mephistopheles personified, originally IMP
Arrest reversed during crisis at surgery STASIS
Beam left at home by Lawrence initially LINTEL
Conveyed cases almost once a week SENNIGHT
Creatures overcoming resistance with each lot of cold water BERING SEA
Divine smell, for example SENSE
Drink that's exceedingly short, say VERMOUTH
Fifty per cent of dumb animals making money DUCATS
Frightful Tory here? But so is a poet ROBERT SOUTHEY
Get rid of brushwood SCRUB
Hard worker supporting architect ADAMANT
Kindling catches on TWIGS
Empty carriage destined to take away a joiner CEMENT
Man with no end in sight, repeating certain steps cha-cha
Neurotic ignoring cold snaps as usual ROUTINE
Painful sensation of deer crossing English stream HEARTBURN
Place under collar for punch NAILSET
Posh fur fit for purpose USABLE
Private meal with no starter INNER
Religion in Wiltshire regularly occupying various imams MITHRAISM
Representative from state capital holding small article SALESMAN
Rogue may tease a mug EASY MEAT
Tell all lighter Greeks to conserve energy SPILL THE BEANS
Long period beginning in November YEARN
Drunk? That’s illegal UNDER THE TABLE
Fold petal another way PLEAT
Thankless spy and head of security greeting teacher MAHARISHI
Uninhibited person, say, on end of pier RAVER
Universal acclaim for lift UPRAISE
University plugging dissertations in ancient Greek THESEUS