The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2017 05 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Church primate put on gold hat CHAPEAU
English poet has to suffer misfortune in the end BROOKE
Suspicion over man, hunter of some spirit GHOSTBUSTER
LITTLE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA'S FIRST INSTRUMENT CELLO
Funny person about right? JOKESTER
Try climbing to get nuts or bananas BATS
Beard beginning, shaved at the top AWN
After lunch, upright piano moved quickly, put upright! POSTPRANDIAL
Short party, secular hosts LACONIC
Shelter for the needy soul — shame dilapidated ALMSHOUSE
Fireball rounding corner finds old dictator SHOGUN
Difficult having bottom pinched by lewd fellow somewhere in Wales HARLECH
A MONTH AFTER ONE LEAVES SCHOOL ONE COMES ACROSS THE CHURCH TRANSEPT
REPORT OF SOMEONE CRITICALLY EXAMINING HISTORIAN ANNALIST
Bonds exist in bonding set DEBENTURES
Nothing revolutionary about Lenin unfortunately, the worm! ANNELIDAN
One looking for that special something in cryptic clues, not tat! TALENTSCOUT
Peach, sliced, is eaten initially CUTIE
Tense, given Pollyanna's expectation? FUTUREPERFECT
Buying and selling stuff, lines not shifting? TRAFFICJAM
Hard-working souls due to appear lazy SEDULOUS
Author, unusual in brown cloak TRUMANCAPOTE
A spring flourish ABOUND
Turnip once called 'parsnip', originally NEEP
Hard to break staff routine SHTICK
A little difficult working for company, apparently? TWO
Extremely disappointed, soon to feature in famous comedy sketch? SICKASAPARROT
New Orleans, a seaport SALERNO