The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Ashes holder punching Aussie bounder in tour JOURNEY
Take place of officer knocked over by bounder OCCUR
Take side off piece of furniture to make it fit ABLE
Covering small area of unproductive land SHEATH
Speed and ecstasy's under a hundred pounds CRUSHES
A slip crossing over large ditch ABOLISH
Heat of battle at mountain height WARMTH
Dog around London area shows what retriever does? RECOVER
Thesp and France's main female novelist getting Oscar for musicals HAMMERSTEIN
Leaving word poor quality stuff is at start of auction ta-ta
Producing plans, relative captures pawn before more valuable piece MAPMAKING
Husband shows Sue a way to control shock? HAIRSPRAY
A friend from America returning by one Muslim country DUBAI
A little craft roughly shown by French composer CARAVEL
An argument about River Dart ARROW
Perhaps novice's news, entertaining for all NUN
Spotted insect and hen, may one say? LADYBIRD
Peer is said to be childless BARREN
Scotsman unfortunately died before broadcast ALASDAIR
A little insult angers sovereign SULTAN
Engineers manage a repeat broadcast RERUN
Undemanding hilltop not very high LOWBROW
Rival of Reading close to losing final, playing Inter GLASTONBURY
Mark and I keeping lots of coffee for Italian who worked in bars SCARLATTI
Believer is quiet and strangely hesitant PANTHEIST
Perhaps stuff Scot's to put back EAT
A bum intro, playing French folk music TAMBOURIN
Foolish time to put identifying mark into deer DOTAGE
Certain Muslims hosting very revered Hindu SHIVA
Fresh flood defence for Notts town NEWARK
Blooming angry expression during riparian activity FLOURISHING
Spooner's inhabited part of Western Europe's land touch down
Elements making water good to keep for oneself HOG
Suffered from exposure, but survived WEATHERED
Ledger entry’s extremely defective part DEBIT
Women's accessory model shows item I can't name WHATSIT