The Times - Cryptic - May 18, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - This puzzle, from 1970 takes the place of 26415 which is the second qualifying puzzle for The Times Crossword Championship 2016. The puzzle 26415 is available in pdf format from the Crossword Club. - May 18, 2016

Clues	Answers
... only have this space	STANDINGROOM
A den set in part of London	EASTEND
A fly-by-night dances away from them	MOTHBALLS
A fortiori one cannot serve these ships	THREEMASTERS
An entirely chilly greeting	ALLHAIL
Cause of widespread affliction when cures go awry	SCOURGE
Commuters who in the rush hour ...	STRAPHANGERS
Conclude that it's hell without a negative	INFER
Coppers are after her in droves	HERDS
Did this literary club take life too seriously?	SUICIDE
Excursions enjoyed by the fielding side?	OUTINGS
Florence's magnificent man	LORENZO
He supplies our daily needs	NEWSAGENT
I arrive here in a mess	RIVIERA

Clues	Answers
It has an absorbing interest for the penman	BLOTTER
It requires a ruler, naturally, to provide this	ROYALLINE
It's Sparta's turn for governors	SATRAPS
Make quick erratic line to the archdeacon	ENLIVEN
Mine hostess's fish	ALEWIFE
Name for a grass-widower?	TIMOTHY
Needled, perhaps, but suffering no ill effects	IMMUNISED
Not a planned feature of a passing-out parade	SWOON
Pedestrian rose	RAMBLER
Rome rising to create the Italian Renaissance	RISORGIMENTO
Sound chaps, the Egyptian peasants	FELLAHS
That of Gerontius was noted	DREAM
They follow established lines	TRACERS
Was Titipu's noble lord only half so spiteful?	WASPISH