The Times Cryptic May 13 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27663
Clues	Answers
A pal around Oriel, struggling to improve	AMELIORATE
A small cat and a big dog	AKITA
Accept opening with church	STOMACH
Am I not able to prize open-ended support?	CANTILEVER
American stalls in Quebec during break	PARQUET
Dispatch worker maybe with commercial furniture item	ADDRESSER
Exercise before game for World Cup team, perhaps	PERU
Fuss follows despot giving away drug for every ruffian	DESPERADO
Go with crew to record how ministries are structured	DEPARTMENTALLY
Great anger with object returned in bulk	MADNESS
In a poor state getting bad wound in the navy	run-down
In short, what could be railway operating every month	year-round
Just taking off hot record for dance	one-step
Oncology nerd is confused about one branch of physiology	endocrinology
One looks for mine to do well without time in company	PROSPECTOR
Oppose United and, later, European entering formal agreement	COUNTERACT
Our hydrangea’d turned out rudely vigorous	rough-and-ready
Poison in canned beef	TOXIN
Pot from southern US states	DIXIE
Preserve former electric vehicle, topless car built outside LA	extra marmalade
Rest live outside university	RESIDUE
Right to remain head of negotiations	LIEN
Significant distance for vehicle with slope underneath	WHEELBASE
Sind badly disrupted by conflict moving to the centre	INWARDS
Song musician at first cut from role in West Side Story	ARIA
Tent was initially of poor quality fabric	TWILL
Unctuous and cunning when wife’s over	OILY
What appears on disc of Mozart produced in Australia	AMADEUS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1612
Clues	Answers
Bring together clubs: are they heading for Monte Carlo?	rally drivers
Cast absent? So casual	THROWAWAY
Catcall without purpose picked up	MIAOW
Detailed plans one can look through	SPECS
Devastate second member of Tea Party	SHATTER
Disagree with Charlie over a game of cricket	CONTEST
Engineers welcomed by the cardinal	THREE
Failing to respect security classification	top secret
For train company, endless pain	COACH
Guard small opening	SENTRY
Introduce staggering price cut	REDUCTION
Look up Volume One and take a chair	VISIT
Make a note of unparalleled achievement	RECORD
One making landfall?	AVALANCHE
One’s on the phone: appear to block ear	APP
Polite bureaucrat?	civil servant
Rare show broadcast __ and film	war horse
Roguish nurse, they say, shows great spirit	ARCHANGEL
Security device for motorcycle triallist	SCRAMBLER
Shared out in the manner indicated	ASSIGNED
Sort of movement a crab displays	PINCER
Stage left, for instance	LEG
Stop saying “Six” in French	CEASE
Twenty runs __ noted down by him?	SCORER