The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 05 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Abandoned political grouping LEFT
MESS ABOUT BEFORE SOCIAL EVENT OR COOPERATE? PLAY BALL
Inadequate side dish FLAN
Bed rich mama newly made — this lady’s job? CHAMBERMAID
Fearless British getting on BOLD
Some wrap articles separately APART
Dessert maybe, something to chew on top performer’s tucked into CUSTARD
Theatre the French note is full REPLETE
Member of clergy’s partly indirect ordination RECTOR
Explosive tape shows workplace with poor conditions SWEATSHOP
One of Caesar's last words, the beast! BRUTE
Nice meal pet ruined that’s near fireplace MANTELPIECE
Special gear enthusiast brought to plant, having crossed yard FANCY DRESS
Top man in his field, perhaps, spouting? LEAKING
City adventure, ignoring odds — love it! DETROIT
Inclined to be mendacious LYING
Stout knocked back with cheese? That's the stuff! TAFFETA
Country became backward, finishing with nothing TOGO
MATERIAL IN BATHROOM IN SHORT SUPPLY? TOILE
MOST WISE AND GODLY PERSON HAVING A LONG TIME INSIDE SAGEST
Royal house near castle mostly dilapidated LANCASTER
A WEIRD ROOFLESS HOME FOR BIRD IN US AERIE
A NUMBER OF MEN GIVING VOICE IN CONCERT TENOR
Crowd in store by the sound of it HORDE
Social gathering’s ale unfinished BEE
Mountains in pictures, miles away URALS
Dip huge — right to replace knight IMMERSE
COLD GIRL GETTING DEGREE, THE HEARTLESS STUDENT YOU STUDY WITH CLASSMATE
Cuts of meat go bad aboard ship SADDLES
LORRIES IN BORING COUNTY FLATBEDS
REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO GET RID OF BARRIERS DELEGATES
Using a tool to shift support across hole SHOVELLING
NEEDS TO BE CASUAL IN SPEECH LACKS
A CEREMONY RENDERED BY SPEAKER CORRECTLY ARIGHT
Most genuine from the time of leading others SINCEREST
Church Republican, first fellow believer CHRISTIAN
Revealed to be away OUT
After return call American friend BUD
Payment for insurance before parent’s going around India PREMIUM
MOSTLY PROFESSIONAL GANG IN PRE-FLOOD OPERATION? PAIRING
A rescue organised outside very quiet capital upper-case
First of all, looking up, is greeting Italian — this one? LUIGI
A source of inspiration intended, say, to provide delight AMUSEMENT
BBC missing a release? UNTIE
Discourteous old worker squashing females OFFHAND
Gentleman with power rising in authentic act of revenge REPRISAL
Be candidate, popular, as deputy stand-in
Plan in relation to Channel Islands gym RECIPE
Money demanded from Romans — outrageous RANSOM
Throw out rogue initially seen in storehouse DEPORT
GO MAD IN HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT BUILDING IN NEED OF OXYGEN ENTHUSE
Vegetable lorry OK, the man accepts ARTICHOKE
Put out pole with end disappearing in river DEPOSE
One with negative response wins against a second person, right? GAINSAYER
COVERS FOOD IN TIN WITH ORDINARY SALT CANOPIES
Ending in jail, I am afraid of getting no answer — am I there for ever? LIFER
To roar out? That could suit me ORATOR
Chart married secretary brought back MAP