The Times Cryptic 2020 03 31 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
TINY AMOUNT SHORTLY CONSUMED BY SOUTH AFRICAN ONCE A BIG DRINKER	BOOZER
Not a word! More ruddy office equipment	SHREDDER
Dish not often seen nibbled	RAREBIT
RAMBLER, SAY, WITH NOTHING MUCH TO WRITE HOME ABOUT	PEDESTRIAN
Clear manager finally dismissed over order to quit the hard stuff	SOBER UP
TELEPHONE FUNCTION EDDIE RESOLVED IN HALF OF SPALDING	SPEED DIAL
Staying in bed later than usual, telling stories at home	LYING IN
Nice parent? Pure and simple	MERE
Open to view — how a pullover might be worn	OVERT
Primate’s Mass being performed by principal	MONKEY
German artist terribly stern	ERNST
BLADE FINALLY OPENS A SERIES OF LETTERS?	SWORD
PAY POLICE ON BASE	FOOT THE BILL
Old-fashioned crucifix lifted in the open air	OUTDOOR
Stern advocate to retire	BACK
Hack concerned with one who handles things in hotels	REPORTER
VAIN AND NOBLE, OTHERWISE IMPOSSIBLE TO SUSTAIN	NONVIABLE
Wildly remonstrated with pet shop	DEPARTMENT STORE
Relieved being let out without cap	EASED
OBSERVE GHOST, ABOUT TO MOVE TO THE FRONT	RESPECT
MANAGE AWKWARD DAME OK	MAKE DO
Gym fanatic consuming a source of protein	PEANUT
Hope to keep to the end a garden shrub	SPIREA
CHARLES IS AFTER SMALL FRAMEWORK FOR VEHICLE	CHASSIS
CONSERVATIVE RUNS HIGH-CLASS VINEYARD	CRU
Jack retained by car manufacturer — it's common in Norway	FJORD
FRENCH LASS LEFT IN CHARGE	GALLIC
Managed to applaud heartless cowboy	RANCHER
DO A TURN, ROAMING CIRCULAR BUILDING	ROTUNDA
Exceptional leave I declined joining the Sappers	EXTREME
Plate from church overlooking city	CHROME
One lifting lid or roof briefly upset Frenchman	CAN OPENER
Fruit is mostly loaded with nothing inside ready	APRICOT
Part of breathing apparatus to display intact, reportedly	AIRHOLE
Support others in place of article in story	TRESTLE
Stock market investor and Olive perhaps prosper eventually	BEAR FRUIT
One climbing the walls is up, not bad and constant, say	GECKO
BROTHER OR SISTER RETURNED ONE'S FLASHY JEWELLERY	SIBLING
Way to screw up irksome state	BOREDOM
Kind class cheer reprinted novelist	CHARLES DICKENS
IMPORTANT DATE IN OCTOBER ADDED	ERA
YOUNG HOOLIGAN GOES ROUND A HORSE, CHILDISHLY WORRIED	NAGGED
PERIOD OF NOT EATING QUICKLY	FAST
Toy teaches French also	TRAIN SET
FORMAL JACKET FIXED CENTRALLY DURING DAY BEFORE PARTY	TUXEDO
A delightful spin which makes a point	ACUTE ANGLE
Crystalline mineral reduced, alongside old book of a certain size	QUARTO
A SMALL BIRD MATING	AT IT
Inclusive deal hero broadcasts	across-the-board
Judge dispatched — for this reason start of hearing is cancelled	SENTENCE
Why union’s not gone ahead with opening of semipro arrangement	BREACH OF PROMISE
LIBERAL BRITISH NEWSMAN PURSUES FAKE DIAMOND	broad-minded

TINY AMOUNT SHORTLY CONSUMED BY SOUTH AFRICAN ONCE A BIG DRINKER

BOOZER

Not a word! More ruddy office equipment

SHREDDER

Dish not often seen nibbled

RAREBIT

RAMBLER, SAY, WITH NOTHING MUCH TO WRITE HOME ABOUT

PEDESTRIAN

Clear manager finally dismissed over order to quit the hard stuff

SOBER UP

TELEPHONE FUNCTION EDDIE RESOLVED IN HALF OF SPALDING

SPEED DIAL