The Times Cryptic May 15 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27665
Clues	Answers
Alliance fit to secure goal beyond doubt	UNQUESTIONABLE
Approval teacher's withdrawn	NOD
Asian, one pursuing a lover around Grand Hotel	AFGHANI
Bill that is originally unpaid for so long	ADIEU
Collect wig that's used in mosque	prayer rug
Committee choosing team omitting top German princes	ELECTORS
Confused? Put on light	ADDLED
Conservative keeps calm, with hearts sinking	old school
Control river parasites	POLICE
Drink date in sporting venue	squash court
Engineer in lab coat dealing with plants	BOTANICAL
Fixing chain etc on wheel finally is complex	TECHNICAL
General initially enquires about dispute over fuel plant	GASWORKS
Head of regiment drills joint force	DRIVE
Heat units, ignoring hot conditions	TERMS
Large diamonds missing from a wedding ring after repairs	wide-ranging
Modern university head traps fox in St Andrews	up-to-date
Molière has one to help upcoming reviewer	DIACRITIC
Move around bottom pasture	REARRANGE
One of Hugo's articles about current story	LIE
Private secretary hosts rough Victorian types?	PRUDES
R&A plot to overturn ban	DEBAR
Root around this counter	REBUT
Rowdy guy, losing head, holds large vessel up	UNRULY
Shame on you, seizing power __ it's arrogant	UPPITY
Small stone lodged in baby tooth	SPROCKET
Spirit in bottle, German one, say, upended	GENIE
Where masseur focuses, exploiting sun's properties	pressure points
Wicked duke keeps tablet hidden	VEILED
Work schedule covers old boss of coop?	ROOSTER
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1614
Clues	Answers
A little lunch afore tea	CHA
A peach in mustard, perhaps?	hot stuff
Bet a butterfly can do it	FLUTTER
Crumb, thing under lid of pan	PARTICLE
Cut fruit, shade of green	PEA
Cutting into beef, angular tooth	FANG
Details __ of those using door?	ins and outs
Devastating force split a party	TORNADO
Easily beat theorist's first hunch	THUMP
English forgotten by the American, just like that	THUS
Figure like that thing	DIGIT
Garment in flat container, poor imitation	TRAVESTY
Hammer came across, catching everyone	MALLET
In full, it represents a measure of liquid	LITRE
Initiative key with force	ENTERPRISE
Part added to house, one is next undergoing refurbishment	EXTENSION
Rail in bar set to break	BANISTER
Rendered drunk	PLASTERED
Socialist checked out	LEFT
Standard urn, say, for prize	JACKPOT
Stop repeating musical passage	REFRAIN
Study including exaggerated material	COTTON
Top lower?	JERSEY
Type put in order	SORT
Vessel heads off as our relatives turn away	AORTA
Who's beautiful? A lecturer is!	ADONIS