The Times Cryptic April 1 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27627
Clues	Answers
Boring thing, a pistol taking head off	AUGER
Bright blue rings stolen ultimately, sucker!	QUICKSAND
Cockney’s thus entertaining ladies, maybe, in Kaliningrad, say	ENCLAVE
Daisy exhausted, riding bicycle initially in wrong gear	GERBERA
Fielder's skill easily picked up	CATCHING
First time out, useless opener dismissed __ a liability?	DEBT
Half of flipping idle workers getting stick	DISTAFF
Hearts directly affected with core of flower power	HYDROELECTRIC
Inattentive member briefly getting in touch	CARELESS
Last of water filling pinkish kettle	CORRAL
Lovely thing, solver?	CRACKER
Muppet, classic character ends in film clip: Kermit say?	NUMPTY
Odds cut on fairy, I feel, spirit creating storm?	ARIEL
Official taken in by centre forward, in short	REFEREE
On-set film panel marking celebrity	PLAQUE
One collecting things up, philanderer beginning to repent	RAKER
Oscar, trophy unusually bagged by more sinister wit	dorothy parker
Party hosts ending on floor, one over the eight perhaps?	FRACTION
Polish hero the limit for Caesar?	RUBICON
Rascally plot __ assign book to top shelf?	PUT-UP JOB
Reader mightn’t stand this heat in the kitchen, perhaps?	POTBOILER
Ready for the press, businessman's banking foundation	SUBEDIT
Slam meat in oven	ROAST
Song in simple Venetian tune	BARCAROLE
Still spoiler on rear of vehicle painted with coloured substance	red-eye
Stomach provided here?	MIDRIFF
Turn tail as troubled student of life	NATURALIST
Undecided where rocket should go	up in the air
Was summing up abridged old poetry collection	EDDA
Where set of keys may be found by relative opening grave	baby grand
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1582
Clues	Answers
A row involving Irish transport organisation	AIRLINE
An old work about an Indian city	POONA
Class going round rear of medieval fortress	CASTLE
Communications satellite rattles frightfully	TELSTAR
Extremely coarse, genuine breakfast food?	CEREAL
Flourish container for grain husks?	BRANDISH
Give the game away? A clumsy greengrocer might	spill the beans
House in Home Counties beside busy road	SEMI
Impression made by one politician introducing bill	IMPACT
In maturity, engineers see eye to eye	AGREE
Large jug sheep found by river	EWER
Leaseholders finally circumvent any rent mix-up	TENANTRY
Liquid food caught on? Just a touch	SOUPCON
Loss of girl’s looks and bearing	DISAPPEARANCE
Particular sci-fi film seized by Irish legislators	DETAIL
Personification of sun initially shining over Llandudno	SOL
Rainstorm in Ulster county, on the rocks some say?	DOWNPOUR
Reduced charge for salad ingredient	COS
Self-satisfied, having rejected sweets	SMUG
Shrewd girl in outskirts of Coventry	CANNY
Specious excuse from platoon leader regarding message	PRETEXT
Start of exciting film, a blockbuster	EPIC
Trick woman into breaking up a group of stars	CONSTELLATION
Vocally expresses disapproval of alcoholic drink	BOOZE
Way fashionable eighteenth century elegist identifies fish	STINGRAY