The Times Cryptic May 27 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27675
Clues	Answers
Alienate new sergeant	ESTRANGE
Amount of liquid woman, about 51, took regularly at first	MILLILITRE
Bacon, for example, sent back in restaurants I traduced	ARTIST
Characteristic of monk to start to swim in northern river	TONSURE
Dance with girl born first	SARABAND
Deserter? Not in the desert once!	RAT
Dine at hotel abroad, eating most of hot baked food	toad-in-the-hole
Domestic employee’s husband taking ring across river	HOUSEKEEPER
Enclosure outside old abstainer’s rural dwelling	COTTAGE
Extremely low in tree-trunk, harmful beetle	boll weevil
Free Latin book a Greek character returned	LIBERATE
Graduate nurse in the past, one keeping judge’s dog	BASENJI
Heading for ball, supple and cheerful	BLITHE
Inept type, one playing outside entrance to nightclub	BUNGLER
Joy Orwell originally found in European language	ELATION
Like some religious leaders, babble endlessly in upset state?	rabbinical
Mother’s ruin? It’s a trap	GIN
Mourner possibly, one putting up with oppressive atmosphere?	PALLBEARER
Popular retired doctor initially under such a cloud?	NIMBUS
Problem supporter in east restrained by immobilising device	brain-teaser
Pulse member finally ate with hesitation	LEGUME
Raunchy crew in outskirts of Salisbury	STEAMY
Shaky persons, surely, skiing here?	nursery slopes
Shoemaker, one who behaves condescendingly	SNOB
Shrub head of arboretum is able so to provide	ACANTHUS
Shrub identified by the Italian divorcee	ILEX
Smile broadly, seeing supporting member	BEAM
Surround new visitor initially received by English club	ENVIRON
Tyneside area containing popular square	NINE
Unknown East Ender’s assistant, one emitting shrill cries	YELPER
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1622
Clues	Answers
A disturbance when not starting sale	AUCTION
A more acceptable helper	ABETTER
Account for cross appearing in strange alpine	EXPLAIN
Before ten, mail unfortunately not dispatched? Tough	UNSENTIMENTAL
Bury an indefinite number put in prison	INTERN
Close obscene broadcasting, offering redundancy	OBSOLESCENCE
Determined to listen to Edward on strong beer	stout-hearted
Fool cutting exercise out?	PASSE
Frequently melt missing shillings	OFTEN
Friend comes around in time finally for early show	MATINEE
Liable to slip up with account I had open, rent going astray	accident-prone
Lots of young men around ring	LOADS
Number taken from sixty	NINE
Singer of rap soon out of order	SOPRANO
Some wood elves do a lot of digging	DELVE
Street rodent seen round one narrow passage	STRAIT
Strike by footballer? It tops the page	HEADER
Test of divisions in society – not British	TRIAL
Thin gooey stuff, almost	SLIM
Tries to have little time in suit	HEARTS
Variable beer served up with a lot of abuse	ELASTIC
Vehicle taking another one up hill	TRACTOR
Waste a long time in underground prison	DUNGEON
What will help one see small particles on the air	SPECS