The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2022 05 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Press chief possibly cycled up carrying it EDITOR
Financial situation? Funny figures about operating after franchise’s closure ECONOMICS
Friend, heading off, had a meal ATE
Greek character providing home for popular endangered species? RHINO
Hanoverian monarch — not English — leading a Eurasian country GEORGIA
Husband is word appropriate to males HIS
I make a mark in logo IDENT
Job cut reversed in concession SOP
Leader ousted from fringe organisation ORDER
Live portrayal finally capturing one Shakespeare character ARIEL
Scorn island lawyer in Manhattan getting involved in racket DISDAIN
Stand-in minister starts to organise choir in Mass? Not all of it LOCUM
Twitch, regularly observed? TIC
What contributes to flight ace being held in prison STAIR
Cause concern? The French invading might ALARM
Attention given to item about large life-form in solar System EARTHLING
Actual state of affairs regarding landed gentry, ultimately REALITY
A place for judge not left in chambers ATRIA
Word in India for stations like Euston, etc TERMINI
Rude man badly lacking means of defence UNARMED
Refrain from eating first bit of undercooked cake DONUT
Figure poor-quality stuff is involved in a lot of criticism STATISTIC
Petulant doctor unknown to drink spirit GRUMPY
Part of action, a director’s lowest point NADIR
Miller regularly climbing a tree ELM
Flightless bird met at first in Brussels? EMU
Entering hotel on river, a provider of accommodation BOARDINGHOUSE
Demon went mad, providing hand-out ENDOWMENT
Complete basic food, it’s said, for top-quality horse THOROUGHBRED
Brazilian port’s endless civil unrest RIO
Beneficial manoeuvre EXPEDIENT
Appearing for trial, aim to stand vertically UPEND
Complained about most of weight system providing security for climbers? carpet-rod
No gin served up? One whisky short? He may be devastated! party animal
Lava turned up? Notices me after eruption pumice stone
I will avoid idiots after half-hearted expressions of sorrow LAMENTS
Fielder for one second blocking rising ball LEG SLIP
Damage garden tool by church in Moroccan city MARRAKECH
Warning: sharp cut will lead to rueful expression KEEP OUT
Song, where it’s found, and how one’s done? TRACK RECORD
London district where no one returns around cocktail time ISLINGTON