The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2019 03 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Difficult to understand — certain it must be rewritten INTRICATE
Finding it harder to pick up base metal, expensively coated? DEAFER
Company’s grouse about not entirely polite person, much-travelled? COSMOPOLITAN
Having changed a lot since land seen from sea COASTLINE
Council beginning to organise contest to fill vacated seat SOVIET
What gossips do to fat champ? CHEW
Singer keeps a band of volunteers that one can deal with TREATABLE
New house after revolution in French city NIMES
Lacking cover, hospital department stops operations open-top
Southern headland attack — he’s blamed unfairly SCAPEGOAT
Pole that'd need another pound to prosper DOWEL
Country diet aunt sets out UNITED STATES
Boat sinking though rising TUB
Choose ends like every captain, toss at first ELECT
Dragging of feet that dealer's used to? SHUFFLE
Give up supporting game FORGO
SPADES PINCHED FROM DICTATOR'S STORE DEPOT
Plain academic abused STEPPED ON
Like ground with broken fencing, extremely heavy BULKIEST
Old container, English, egg-shaped OVATE
Referring to man, monarch’s stand-in REGENT
Unpleasant task in branch or elsewhere CHORE
That’s surprising — bathmat oddly missing AHA
Issued fourth of columns penned by our top roaming journalist OUTPOURED
Distressing nonsense written about mathematician TORTURING
Improving where chess player’s attention should focus, close to board ON THE MEND
Will’s involved in this legal process? PROBATE
JET FROM KENTUCKY HOME FIRST INKY
Contrary characters from bible regularly fall EBB
Craft with engines standard at sea WHITE ENSIGN
Manage to flee RUN
Chip in plane with 100 aboard south of Bury INTERJECT
CLUTCH RIND OF GRANULAR FRUIT GRAPPLE
Top bird, northern CROWN
Wrapped article found in mug CLOTHED
Some ninon these Cretans can display having been tipped off? IN ON THE SECRET
Heard second person’s sheep EWE
Harp on about deprived child? ORPHAN
Democrat is leading business party DISCO
Before ramble, daughter went by car DROVE
Shockingly deficient law set up without effort LURIDLY
Upset Catholic, Italian, I initially considered a fault-finder CRITIC
EXAMINE CLOSELY POPULAR PAGE PENNED BY RELIGIOUS GROUP INSPECT
Tossing in the raw, without good pyjamas? NIGHTWEAR
TOO SURE OF ONESELF FOR NOVICE, TEND TO BE MISTAKEN over-confident
On expeditions, better ask to halt here REQUEST STOP
SHARP OLD PARTNER IS INTERRUPTING REASONABLY EXQUISITE
Insectivore suffering long in acute discomfort PANGOLIN
Nitrogen in parts of piping grows warmer UNBENDS
Bet inn air could become intoxicating INEBRIANT
Finally, young idler becomes fitter GLAZIER
True masculine field of study REALM
Pruned around top of tulips and separated PARTED
Make unorthodox start on training workers, initially cutting commission hot-wire
Sounding more tolerant, in a way KINDA
Child, second, performing SON