The Times Cryptic March 31 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27626
Clues	Answers
A delightful spin which makes a point	acute angle
Clear manager finally dismissed over order to quit the hard stuff	sober up
Dish not often seen nibbled	RAREBIT
Exceptional leave I declined joining the Sappers	EXTREME
Fruit is mostly loaded with nothing inside ready	APRICOT
Gym fanatic consuming a source of protein	PEANUT
Hack concerned with one who handles things in hotels	REPORTER
Hope to keep to the end a garden shrub	SPIREA
Inclusive deal hero broadcasts	across-the-board
Judge dispatched __ for this reason start of hearing is cancelled	SENTENCE
Kind class cheer reprinted novelist	charles dickens
Managed to applaud heartless cowboy	RANCHER
Nice parent? Pure and simple	MERE
Not a word! More ruddy office equipment	SHREDDER
Observe ghost, about to move to the front	RESPECT
One climbing the walls is up, not bad and constant, say	GECKO
One lifting lid or roof briefly upset Frenchman	can opener
Plate from church overlooking city	CHROME
Primate's Mass being performed by principal	MONKEY
Rambler, say, with nothing much to write home about	PEDESTRIAN
Relieved being let out without cap	EASED
Stern advocate to retire	BACK
Support others in place of article in story	TRESTLE
Toy teaches French also	train set
Vain and noble, otherwise impossible to sustain	nonviable
Way to screw up irksome state	BOREDOM
Why union's not gone ahead with opening of semipro arrangement	breach of promise
Wildly remonstrated with pet shop	department store
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1581
Clues	Answers
A small bird mating	at it
Blade finally opens a series of letters?	SWORD
Brother or sister returned one's flashy jewellery	SIBLING
Charles is after small framework for vehicle	CHASSIS
Conservative runs high-class vineyard	CRU
Crystalline mineral reduced, alongside old book of a certain size	QUARTO
Do a turn, roaming circular building	ROTUNDA
Formal jacket fixed centrally during day before party	TUXEDO
French lass left in charge	GALLIC
German artist terribly stern	ERNST
Important date in October added	ERA
Jack retained by car manufacturer __ it's common in Norway	FJORD
Liberal British newsman pursues fake diamond	broad-minded
Manage awkward dame OK	make do
Old-fashioned crucifix lifted in the open air	OUTDOOR
Open to view __ how a pullover might be worn	OVERT
Part of breathing apparatus to display intact, reportedly	AIRHOLE
Pay police on base	foot the bill
Period of not eating quickly	FAST
Staying in bed later than usual, telling stories at home	lying in
Stock market investor and Olive perhaps prosper eventually	bear fruit
Telephone function Eddie resolved in half of Spalding	speed dial
Tiny amount shortly consumed by South African once a big drinker	BOOZER
Young hooligan goes round a horse, childishly worried	NAGGED