The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 04 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
One flustering young woman once FLAPPER
Provide sample of body fluid in hospital SPIT
Use polymer endlessly for remoulding EMPLOY
Wholesome to follow the progress of accompanying music SOUNDTRACK
Phone to hire out small band RINGLET
Once he started his act there was no holding him HOUDINI
Bold print splashed across English papers INTREPID
Irritable, getting dry in a little sun RATTY
HEAVY VEHICLE AN EXPENSIVE FAILURE? TANKER
For team, colleague entering play horribly roughly APPROXIMATELY
In Micawber’s overspent state a pound is ungenerous MISERLY
Late message? Almost ready RIP
Message carrier with a lofty target HOMING PIGEON
Flexible creeper pruned in part PLIANT
Fit of temper in vehicle — seize travelling case CARPETBAG
Crude sketch, not the first RAW
Crazy teachers’ society NUTS
Centre for cost moved to a large region EXPANSE
Call girl to play idly with dog, say STRUMPET
Artist’s percentage twice has inflated CUBIST
After vermin passed up on crop, you would become radiantly happy starry-eyed
A long way round a state for itinerant FRIAR
Leaving local, forgetting what it’s like at home? GOING NATIVE
Military ruler’s command to soldiers about bad error in field SHOGUN
Row over Atlantic, losing very badly ALTERCATION
Sudden move to the centre in close-pressed crowd losing its head INRUSH
Unfortunately plainer chocolate filling PRALINE
Where a control tower might be in broadcast range AIRFIELD
The plebs are so great, they say (not in Bath?) UNWASHED
Captain needing to miss Peru, having no uniform SKIPPER
Beginning to distil drink in northern valley DALE
Be biased against women perhaps not having sons EXIST
Allure of Italy maybe under Mussolini, no saint? FASCINATION
Clear identification needed to enter race EVIDENT
Clothing stylist perhaps bucks including symbol DESIGNER
Comedy sketch about queen’s dress SKIRT
Dark-haired animal getting outside trap BRUNETTE
Destroy; animation; strike; hurry, primarily DASH
Expertness of second murder SKILL
Former old king’s minister PASTOR
I’m a nice cad, a perverted RA member, perhaps ACADEMICIAN
Marshy area includes river plant FERN
One new place for decorative work INLAY
Partly hide Bristol’s scattered rubbish DEBRIS
Protect lady suffering old reptile PTERODACTYL
Sort found in sleepy towns all over TYPE
Street urchin to start to go out with bird GUTTERSNIPE
Where to jot down manoeuvres by military reserve EXERCISE BOOK
Enthusiastic about new beginning of partnership, after this? HEN PARTY
Gratuitous point, empty semantics NEEDLESS
What’s wrongly said is not pretended soi-disant
Counting the corpses perhaps can tell you where you stand dead-reckoning