The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2022 03 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Get gruyere to start, before grating GRASP
Local controversy in Cumbrian town BARROW
Lying down in suite, finally, after drink SUPINE
Totally chilled, at home before ten, taking in beer and a film ICE COLD IN ALEX
Valve to raise, lest endless suffering should follow COCKLESHELL
Forty co-wrote singular novel two-score
Saw senior scout formerly in lead PROVERB
One who’ll succeed in audition for show AIR
Hammers would be present, but not always saw TENSE
What you wouldn’t expect for a quid? TWIST
Remarkable cue SIGNAL
Insincere praise given prison reformer drinking coffee FLATTERY
Communist measure demonstrates excessive bureaucracy RED TAPE
Scoundrel, for one, returned to scrounge CADGE
Yank in London’s Burning ITCH
Best in print, stylish OUTSMART
Result of police no longer getting firm backing OCCUR
Sees term out — a long one SEMESTER
Form of comedy duo’s broadcast challenge stand up to
Female expert's look FACE
Nervous journalist, guy losing heart EDGY
A triumphant cry on clinching record ALPHA
Petty sergeant major everybody disliked small-minded
Mysterious lace skirts handmade originally, in extra large SPHINXLIKE
Except when included in gun lessons UNLESS
Warning of danger from a member holding line ALARM
Caught in rowdy punch-up after turning up for a tour of local hostelries pub-crawl
Oscar and parish priest: big rivals OPPOS
Home cup tie? SEMI
Rebel leader mostly harsh about our lot SPARTACUS
Difficult to carry round store HOARD
Prediction in favour of English players FORECAST
Immediately aware of dubious practice of succeeding voting system PRONTO
A scare as careless young man makes a dish CAESAR SALAD
Extremist spoke about capitalism, primarily RADICAL
Coin in slot? INVENT
A group working in desert ABANDON
What most shops do most days is obvious open-and-shut