The Guardian Cryptic Apr 27 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,118 - April 27 2020 - Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Charm hostage over a time	CAPTIVATE
Clean with volcanic dust	WASH
Crazy mount rearing following quiet procedure	PROTOCOL
Curtains put up across mantle regularly pulled apart	SEPARATED
Den raised after a bit of excitement in the air	AERIAL
English opening race perhaps	EVENT
Entranced by time before spring	SPELLBOUND
Feature sensible dinner service	CHINAWARE
Firework in love story about foreign land	ROMANCANDLE
Fool rejects shuffling with no clubs	JESTER
Heat black fossil fuel	BOIL
Hooligans drop onto a path leading south	TEARAWAYS
Join university side, leaving in the morning	UNITE
Leaders of yesteryear approach captain helming tourist vessel	YACHT
Left top off groups of bananas as meals	LUNCHES
Love calling for exclusion	OMISSION
Meet South African model returning before start of fashion year	SATISFY
No pay rise, as few agree arrange­ment before final letter to Europe	WAGEFREEZE
Nominal time in strange ritual	TITULAR
Non-physical complaint head of medicine dismissed wrongly	PLATONIC
Notice of death from mosquito bite	OBIT
Old first to be present	EXIST
Old record those people keep for study of religion	THEOLOGY
Party has a politician that's informative	REVELATORY
Pinch article about one empty vehicle	THIEVE
Remaining excellent	OUTSTANDING
Tender name broadcast as expression of love	ENDEARMENT
True Conservative shape	SQUARE
Try getting place in athletic 23	SHOTPUT
Works a treat, reversing to include charge	TASK