The Times - Cryptic - February 14 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27587
Clues	Answers
Always apparently packing an extra five in a single square container	EWER
Back in Normandy: a Hungarian composer	HAYDN
Capital letters, initially and finally, turning up in ciphers	OSLO
Colour dry clothing with it	TINT
Did second check in English dictionary	ECHOED
Dodgy moment, not the first	IFFY
Dropped off note and final letter	DOZED
Feisty female to play Doctor Who, at last, enters	TOMBOY
Finally, time is up, by clock	ESPY
Fine strike that’s spotted in football field	penalty box
First light sees one charmed by swan	LEDA
Fixing undiluted drink, suddenly left, upset	RAWLPLUG
Government department do: couple in the end have left	DEFRA
Logo for channel that is reversing its polarity?	IDENT
Madness, having uranium near each child	UNREASON
Moan endlessly about tablets for hearing and breathing problem?	WHEEZING
Mormon wandering in valley briefly finds place of rest	common room
Neat, I agree	just so
Pimp linking minister to a parliamentarian	REVAMP
Possible place for setter’s cryptic legend on back of book	dog-kennel
Repeatedly cold, this most unconventionally fine shower!	scotch mist
Rude Finns could make enemies	UNFRIENDS
See books covering county’s missing years?	long-lost
Sets out with currency that’s been converted?	EXPOUNDS
Sudden change for American humorist into small red jumper	SWITCHEROO
Summons requesting company to go to court?	anyone for tennis
Sweet Dot given fresh flower	peppermint cream
True stories about river fronts producing algae	SARGASSO
Twice a year kid meets old cameraman	PAPARAZZO
Was glitchy volume increased on a good day?	HICCUPPED
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1549
Clues	Answers
A lot of stuff, I sense, can be sticky	GLUTINOUS
A number competent? That’s credible	TENABLE
A plant initially concealed a plant pest	APHID
A scoundrel returned to snatch one crown	TIARA
Amount of light ready on odd occasions	RAY
Article amongst electrics is going into decline	WITHERING
Break that’s rough on ministries	INTERMISSION
Celebration if taken over by French is awesome at the outset	FIESTA
Confusion where soldiers eat	MESS
Elated with care, in a bed, though not thinking clearly	absent-minded
Fool girl, losing pound	ASS
Go downhill: avoid losing pressure	SKI
Good man with rustic source of lemon dessert	STRUDEL
Guide our group, leading that woman	USHER
I see GB in disarray and English beset with hostile forces	BESIEGE
I’m at rear of Barlinnie, welcoming new prisoner	INMATE
In favour of saints supporting church operation	PROCESS
Man upset after chopping a tree	ELM
Please record “thank you” at home	ENTERTAIN
Row involving Dr Wood	TIMBER
Smallest musical note presented with hesitation	MINIMUM
Susan cries out, dropping end of blue flower	NARCISSUS
Sycophant now putting article higher	TOADY
Turn up with line about power or force	COMPEL
Waste fried food	FRITTER
Women’s group taking on politician, a weak fellow	WIMP