The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Clear-headed law lord covering island group LUCID
Club accommodating old vessel BOAT
Dry land reduced to powder GROUND
Go-between — a pukka fellow! AGENT
Gourmet cooked pie to preserve EPICURE
Onset of primitive impulse to eradicate PURGE
Oscar, writing half-heartedly, finds opportunity OPENING
Plain retired vicar dipping into Holy Writ OVERT
Purchase cheap newspaper during formal reception LEVERAGE
Resolve to put off race crossing major road DETERMINATION
Sanctimonious bunch making TV try-out PILOT
Some retired people wear one near formal strip NIGHTIE
Stop, for example, in Hebridean island COLONSAY
Story about king, one in early film TALKIE
Strange chaps originally transmitting such miscellaneous items ODDMENTS
Support part of UK backing Asian republic INDIA
Take courses in shelter? That’s most clever NEATEST
When speaking, beg for quarry PREY
Wrongly cite touring superstar mostly attractive to viewers TELEGENIC
Uproar engendered by American supporting scrum RUCKUS
Uniformed employee in firm, initially managing task on river COMMISSIONAIRE
Ungainly politician, one in luxurious environment LUMPISH
Subject to terrible end in ancient city UNDER
Solitary person’s high honour featured in article abroad LONESOME
Risk backing old police force and its area of activity INCUR
Rings protractedly for tea OOLONG
Masterminds seeing Latin Lit translated INTELLIGENTSIA
Like some churches, requiring expensive form of light STEEPLED
Inclined to trap game, inviting legal action LITIGABLE
Honour over in Kiel, Bonn, etc ENNOBLE
European state’s obsession involving church function MACEDONIA
Cheap device for identifying stream by church PINCHBECK
Bard’s work stirs writer primarily active around district SHAKESPEAREANA
An old railway hotel by river providing charitable accommodation? ALMSHOUSE
Leader of union forcing rebellion UPRISING
Fail to be a turncoat, we hear? It’s intrusive KNOTGRASS
Spotted animal setter possibly observed on train coach dog