The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 02 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Cooking, unless entertaining a voluptuary SENSUAL
Conflict interrupting river crossing in advance FORWARD
Deceive gangster and win a thousand HOODWINK
Lay academic again cancels start of work PROFANE
Rousing prison group STIRRING
Cut off tail of pollack, food fish served up DOCK
Raised platform said to need adjustment DAIS
Toy dog briefly left by lake DOLL
KIND OFFER TENDER
Daughter wearing five rings, rings for witchcraft VOODOO
A duke at this place gets stick ADHERE
Nothing left in well? ALL RIGHT
PM TO RING KABUL WARLORD PERHAPS FORSAKING FORCE CALLAGHAN
Leave university with debt halved — blessed state BEATITUDE
Work hard on record that is broken by learner crossword fanatic? LOGOPHILE
Two refusals before thinking it’s not working NONOPERATIONAL
In vulnerable situation, ox shifted with speed EXPOSED
Head of some outfit in satirical sketch SKIT
One new pal is patient INMATE
Shame piano’s fallen off platform ODIUM
Police station is turned over STASI
Block of limestone pavement, stone, cold for feet, initially CLINT
French wetlands with no river to maintain ARGUE
Put out without a note as second-hand USED
Cutting back, setting cost for policeman? Not right COPPICING
Foremost of hunted fish in list HEEL
Cunningly hide a Saint getting out of strip DISSEMBLE
FELL BACKWARDS IN LOUNGE, PERHAPS ROOM
More confident bachelor, more mature BOLDER
In the wings before minute’s warning? ALARM
Illustrations vividly described by son GRAPHICS
Scots head key large mountain university in Europe HEIDELBERG
Crazy old king’s losing his head NUTS
Soldier allowed padded clothing GILET
Make madder and nettle perfume INCENSE
Hard to falsify passport? RIGID
In a hotel shown in large book AT HOME
A surreptitious kiss outside before social activity in an Alpine resort? apres-ski
Tea taken with candid member of the clergy CHAPLAIN
Running mate made Republican top candidates DREAM TEAM
Breaking down, colonel prior to oversight COLLAPSE
The man holding old gardening implement HOE
Influence of one million crowd IMPRESS
Labour’s forced here to trail behind grand upper class GULAG
Bottle-washer's corpse found by hounds DOGSBODY
Short time off to stay at home for painter HOLBEIN
Make a mistake, ending in mate by bishop ERR
WILD CHILD IS KID GETTING A CAKE RAGAMUFFIN
Silly to repeat a work by Gilbert and Sullivan, maybe OPERETTA
Exploit of female put away FEAT
Spent freely, reportedly, being depressed BLUE
Fish set before queen GROUPER
Good making up numbers for basic training GROUNDING
Persistently asks for money — daft in Scots location DUNSINANE
Extremely popular digging tools IN SPADES
Devil of a politician leading awful sheepish lot MEPHISTOPHELES