The Times Cryptic March 18 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27615
Clues	Answers
Bit of food and drink __ kilo the female's put on must be hidden	GHERKIN
Catches in preparation for cricket match	NETS
Country match starting late by church	GREECE
Country-style game introducing meeting	RURALLY
Feature of monastic life certainly after Mass	TONSURE
Get wind up in game	POOL
Hat __ no as-you-were instructions when it's back to front	STETSON
Joshua's father's sister	NUN
Knight coming to court drinking hot soup	BORSCHT
Like some fancy stuff old sailors had	ORNATE
Line in earth where river has disappeared	OCHE
Lowly enemy in a period between actions?	MEANTIME
Magician in exhibition centre, one given to exaggeration	NECROMANCER
Naughty rebel captures queen	RISQUE
Number gathered around November __ stars and VIPs	DIGNITARIES
One cast left in hovel with oppressive atmosphere	stiflingly
Our father's working beyond closing time?	after hours
Pa's neurotic about preliminary safety procedures	PRECAUTIONS
Passion of republic once ousting English	IRE
Perhaps man with heart. as you might say, getting girlfriend?	CHORDATE
Phone sound __ what you get when engaged?	RING
Pointed article about upset in Oxbridge and suchlike	ACADEMIA
Record publicity about coffee	PLATTER
Row with almost everyone about old-fashioned system of society	FEUDAL
See firm reason for alternative to car?	LOCOMOTIVE
Skinny French chum must get in substance needed for growth	THIAMIN
Stuck in chair __ knitting needle	IRK
Study stretch of land by river __ a problem affecting movement here?	contracture
Tedious person holding fair opinion in newspaper survey?	book review
The best lubricant for a bed's surface	TOPSOIL
Twitch irregularly __ or regularly __ with this	TIC
Two squares have each run up in fancy dress	FROUFROU
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1572
Clues	Answers
A plain in a foreign land	ABROAD
America's initial support, very large by the way	APROPOS
Charlie at match in one-piece garment	CATSUIT
Creeping plant in house on wheels	TRAILER
Expert giving support to guys in danger	MENACE
Express great happiness about Irish writer on the radio	REJOICE
Factor in a small amount	ELEMENT
Fetch bishop round	BRING
Hooter in stadium leader's blown	OWL
Horrify a missionary in conversation	APPAL
Hugo's girl's gem about small article	ESMERALDA
Impish youngster having most of shellfish	SCAMP
Jack having a drop of rum, and glass of beer	JAR
Large firm's constant, terribly poor quota	CORPORATION
Mad route taken by Ivy climbing?	up the wall
Meagre sum originally held in reserve	SPARSE
Normal soldier? Not quite	PAR
Once more, in retreat, artist falls	NIAGARA
Rude about five on the rocks	INSOLVENT
Seeing upper-class in streetcar, a shock	TRAUMA
Simple tune from Hairspray	AIR
Take it on ahead of performance	REACT
Top dog heard	PEAK
Turn down short branch line	SPUR
Well thought of agent on university board	REPUTABLE
Why a player's unable to go on?	stage fright