The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2022 05 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Stand-in minister starts to organise choir in Mass? Not all of it LOCUM
Scorn island lawyer in Manhattan getting involved in racket DISDAIN
Greek character providing home for popular endangered species? RHINO
A place for judge not left in chambers ATRIA
London district where no one returns around cocktail time ISLINGTON
Husband is word appropriate to males HIS
Beneficial manoeuvre EXPEDIENT
Rude man badly lacking means of defence UNARMED
Word in India for stations like Euston, etc TERMINI
Complete basic food, it’s said, for top-quality horse THOROUGHBRED
Brazilian port’s endless civil unrest RIO
Song, where it’s found, and how one’s done? TRACK RECORD
Part of action, a director’s lowest point NADIR
Hanoverian monarch — not English — leading a Eurasian country GEORGIA
Figure poor-quality stuff is involved in a lot of criticism STATISTIC
Attention given to item about large life-form in solar System EARTHLING
Demon went mad, providing hand-out ENDOWMENT
Entering hotel on river, a provider of accommodation BOARDINGHOUSE
Financial situation? Funny figures about operating after franchise’s closure ECONOMICS
Live portrayal finally capturing one Shakespeare character ARIEL
Press chief possibly cycled up carrying it EDITOR
Refrain from eating first bit of undercooked cake DONUT
Friend, heading off, had a meal ATE
No gin served up? One whisky short? He may be devastated! party animal
Leader ousted from fringe organisation ORDER
Actual state of affairs regarding landed gentry, ultimately REALITY
Appearing for trial, aim to stand vertically UPEND
Petulant doctor unknown to drink spirit GRUMPY
Twitch, regularly observed? TIC
Damage garden tool by church in Moroccan city MARRAKECH
I make a mark in logo IDENT
Warning: sharp cut will lead to rueful expression KEEP OUT
Fielder for one second blocking rising ball LEG SLIP
I will avoid idiots after half-hearted expressions of sorrow LAMENTS
Miller regularly climbing a tree ELM
Complained about most of weight system providing security for climbers? carpet-rod
Lava turned up? Notices me after eruption pumice stone
Flightless bird met at first in Brussels? EMU
Job cut reversed in concession SOP
What contributes to flight ace being held in prison STAIR
Cause concern? The French invading might ALARM