The Times Cryptic May 21 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27670
Clues	Answers
A ceremony rendered by speaker correctly	ARIGHT
A number of men giving voice in concert	TENOR
A rescue organised outside very quiet capital	upper-case
A weird roofless home for bird in US	AERIE
Cold girl getting degree, the heartless student you study with	CLASSMATE
Country became backward, finishing with nothing	TOGO
Covers food in tin with ordinary salt	CANOPIES
Cuts of meat go bad aboard ship	SADDLES
Discourteous old worker squashing females	OFFHAND
Ending in jail, I am afraid of getting no answer __ am I there for ever?	LIFER
Gentleman with power rising in authentic act of revenge	REPRISAL
Go mad in hospital department building in need of oxygen	ENTHUSE
Inadequate side dish	FLAN
Inclined to be mendacious	LYING
Lorries in boring county	FLATBEDS
Material in bathroom in short supply?	TOILE
Mess about before social event or cooperate?	play ball
Most genuine from the time of leading others	SINCEREST
Most wise and godly person having a long time inside	SAGEST
Mostly professional gang in pre-flood operation?	PAIRING
Mountains in pictures, miles away	URALS
Needs to be casual in speech	LACKS
One of Caesar's last words, the beast!	BRUTE
One with negative response wins against a second person, right?	GAINSAYER
Put out pole with end disappearing in river	DEPOSE
Representatives providing instruction to get rid of barriers	DELEGATES
Royal house near castle mostly dilapidated	LANCASTER
Special gear enthusiast brought to plant, having crossed yard	fancy dress
Stout knocked back with cheese? That's the stuff!	TAFFETA
To roar out? That could suit me	ORATOR
Top man in his field, perhaps, spouting?	LEAKING
Using a tool to shift support across hole	SHOVELLING
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1618
Clues	Answers
A source of inspiration intended, say, to provide delight	AMUSEMENT
Abandoned political grouping	LEFT
After return call American friend	BUD
BBC missing a release?	UNTIE
Be candidate, popular, as deputy	stand-in
Bed rich mama newly made __ this lady’s job?	CHAMBERMAID
Chart married secretary brought back	MAP
Church Republican, first fellow believer	CHRISTIAN
City adventure, ignoring odds __ love it!	DETROIT
Crowd in store by the sound of it	HORDE
Dessert maybe, something to chew on top performer’s tucked into	CUSTARD
Dip huge __ right to replace knight	IMMERSE
Explosive tape shows workplace with poor conditions	SWEATSHOP
Fearless British getting on	BOLD
First of all, looking up, is greeting Italian __ this one?	LUIGI
Member of clergy’s partly indirect ordination	RECTOR
Money demanded from Romans __ outrageous	RANSOM
Nice meal pet ruined that’s near fireplace	MANTELPIECE
Payment for insurance before parent’s going around India	PREMIUM
Plan in relation to Channel Islands gym	RECIPE
Revealed to be away	OUT
Social gathering’s ale unfinished	BEE
Some wrap articles separately	APART
Theatre the French note is full	REPLETE
Throw out rogue initially seen in storehouse	DEPORT
Vegetable lorry OK, the man accepts	ARTICHOKE