The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Sign on pole installed in grotto, temporarily TOTEM
Prepares a scam, hiding ace very well FIT AS A FIDDLE
Picture of salami on ground MONA LISA
Disturb cheerful group UPSET
Skip exercise when carried by vehicle CAPER
Brown carries drink for US president TRUMAN
Event to talk about, mostly DISCUS
Twelve certainly not working NOON
Penned unlimited rubbish ROT
Skater is extraordinary star ASTERISK
Condiment cut, looking at sauce SALAD DRESSING
Noble gas found in cat's airway LARYNX
Society card CLUB
Ape so different, he wrote about tortoise and hare AESOP
Entry document I don't know PASS
Killer has got in behind two idiots ASSASSIN
A cleaner in dispute AT ISSUE
Part of ship always hidden by raised platform STEERAGE
Maybe Lichtenstein works to break up housing operation pop art
Royal meeting a highlander ASCOT
Realist awfully cross SALTIRE
One seen in pursuit vehicle CHAISE
Spike’s funeral ultimately a very good service LACE
French flag flying across island is a dramatic moment CLIFFHANGER
Support in reciprocal manner BACK
Hawaii or Alaska, say STATE
Sea creatures not turning up under part of ship PLANKTON
Conclusion missing from irritable note CROTCHET
Monkey nuts are most moreish initially MARMOSET
Native of Jaffa for example is right, a lie wrong ISRAELI
Welsh city pub hosts charity, perhaps BANGOR
Touch antelope crossing river in remote area HINTERLAND
Old socialist leader failed Croats CASTRO
Money English lass finally put in bank, perhaps LEGAL TENDER
A couple of pounds for everyone ALL
Powerful lady's brief ordeal in frontier region MATRIARCH
Prison disturbance STIR
Chief to mark fine covering for loaf? HEADSCARF