The Times Cryptic May 20 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27669
Clues	Answers
Base of puddings in the past?	SAGO
Bird from banks of Amazon to keep passing through	AVIAN
Broad consequence of wind perhaps seizing hat husband put down	CATHOLIC
Clubs finished top	COVER
European sounded weary when picked up on a street here in NY?	east side
Ex-leader's requests are largely ignored	TSAR
Explosive force catching duke on arm	GUNPOWDER
Fish with large abnormal growth thrown back	TRAWL
Haunt lake isle wearing spotless uniform	PURLIEU
High street shop where police located queen?	STATIONER
Ignorant learner and I in clear	OBLIVIOUS
Incarcerated criminal smuggling heroin accepted blame	carried the can
Like granite or wooden surface scrubbed	IGNEOUS
Meet a host who presents nothing trendy	ADJOIN
Mischievous fellow arranged lunch with a peer	LEPRECHAUN
Nations following broadcast events	relay races
Pain accordingly doubled	so-and-so
Plaintiff's account primarily compromised client	ACCUSER
Rehydrate food to cook what's on the menu	order of the day
Result of splitting the bill at sea?	ADRIFT
Savage insult which hampers rise of servicemen	cut-throat
Small female with delicate retro clothing's a little cold	SNIFFLE
Swamp Commons with Liberal intake	FLOOD
Sweet spread for sandwiches, badly wrapped	PASTILLE
Tend to like	care for
Tiny particle could make one turn queasy	NEUTRON
Turnover of old bar in valley where wealth abounds	el dorado
Want profoundly bad skiers taken here?	long-off
Westbound sailor taking in coastal country's capital	BOGOTA
What scoffers do behind theatre screen again?	REPEAT
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1617
Clues	Answers
Alas, nut wrong fruit!	SULTANA
Beef optimal, can emptied out	COMPLAINT
But it's a dramatic work!	PLAY
Defender on the floor, stop attacking	back down
Difficult __ as peak may be?	ROCKY
Eat in dining establishment	INGEST
Education somehow sold off	AUCTIONED
European contradicting principle	POLE
Field throw	PITCH
Fine land around Leicester's outskirts	all right
Flammable substance for glass	PROPANE
Is that funny? Silence!	GAG
Listened to this or that, sorceress	WITCH
Local block	BAR
Location faculty mentioned	SITE
Model done with this playboy	HEDONIST
Much-loved dad, initially up late and reading	POPULAR
Nut was obliged to protect kernel in general	HEAD
One or two animals in the field?	SHEEPDOG
Practise fighting, taking knocks from behind	SPAR
Roof off cosy place, our home	EARTH
Smart running	DASHING
Song recalled in Hair, Aquarius	ARIA
Turning a hundred, I left line on map	TROPIC
Tweeter's bedtime tipple?	NIGHTJAR
Unruly perm's cut in rainbow colours	SPECTRUM