The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword Answers

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,947 – Jan 14 2019

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Clues	Answers
Articulate head of faculty advanced round university	FLUENT
Copy perplexed clients	STENCIL
Daughter is wrong to twist	DISTORT
Farewell drink upset over one	ADIOS
Foolish behaviour from canon’s ensemble	NONSENSE
Friendly — a fine following leading up to it	AFFABLE
Group of actors in rep, out swimming	TROUPE
Have influence	POSSESS
Incline to include leader of revolution in fashion	TREND
Interesting story in a memo about English recording	ANECDOTE
Masquerade as Dr Seuss briefly playing piano	DRESSUP
Meissen smashed in retribution	NEMESIS
Offences involving grand gestures	SIGNS
Photograph of game killed?	SNAPSHOT
Piece of music from a shop that’s out of place in road close to Piccadilly	RHAPSODY
Poke one’s nose in and enter if upset about queen	INTERFERE
Really, desert must contain nutrients	FORGOODNESSSAKE
Regarding organ in school study	RESEARCH
Signify support	STANDFOR
Small aquatic bird in back of boat?	STERN
Spin doctor’s last to eat sloppily	ROTATE
Story given by soldier, mostly story female denied	PARABLE
Supervise extra hunt, kilo missing	OVERSEE
Those I’m worried about love drink	SMOOTHIE
Turn red, initially, in Mediterranean country	SPRAIN
Unable to work normally, no longer having officer status?	OUTOFCOMMISSION
Unaccompanied, the Parisian up on top of Eiger	ALONE
Vessel, shipshape, going by group of islands off Ireland	TRIMARAN
Wild at charges, so get in this way?	GATECRASH
Worth millions, bore after revolution	MERIT

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,946 – Jan 12 2019

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Clues	Answers
About five kilometres for the union	LEAGUE
At sea, I’ll float fleet	FLOTILLA
Brother’s ring seen underneath instrument	HARPO
Calm down quickly if captured	PACIFY
Complicated trade with company offering particular style	ARTDECO
Genuine sportsman staunchly faithful	TRUEBLUE
Influence loud performer	FACTOR
Kind of blue? One follows in leader’s plane	AIRFORCE
Lady the lender houses	HELEN
Meal to take out	PICNIC
New York perhaps withholding drug — trendy drug	STATIN
One might guard female captured by flier	BEEFEATER
Power over living club official	PRESIDENT
Powerful man having his way in London?	REGENTSTREET
Shop without obligation?	DUTYFREE
Short protest about sailor turning politician	DEMOCRAT
Short-term worker not on time to produce pattern	TEMPLATE
Small amount, nearly all, everything	TOTAL
Stout upended over cheese is silky stuff	TAFFETA
Sucker’s target?	BULLSEYE
Supports two old railway experts	PAIROFBRACES
Talent cur misused, not being willing	RELUCTANT
The last thing maths lecturer might do	SUMUP
Thief left fire-raiser, reportedly	LARCENIST
Tongue that’s used to make things shiny	POLISH
Type of fiend that’s found outside	FRESHAIR
Walk short way then go on horseback	STRIDE
We backed abandoning the wrong crowd	THRONG

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,945 – Jan 11 2019

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‘Tom ended drunk’, copper intervening put down on paper	DOCUMENTED
A dad with the twitching complaint disinclined to act	APATHETIC
A party with sailors below deck	ADORN
Bad feeling when there’s destruction about	MOOD
Believe in nothing and waste away?	OPINE
Competition between two close teams in pub west of city	LOCALDERBY
Composer’s sound inclination	LIST
Girl and boy admitting current attempt to withhold truth?	EVASION
Heading for shelter in city mostly torn apart by conflict	LEEWARD
Illegal traveller taking a route east of Gloucestershire town	STOWAWAY
Jack joins member of family for a trip	JAUNT
Manchester has this top fellow on stage	LEADINGMAN
Merit of some Parisian bottle unopened	DESERVE
Model soldier to travel north	PARAGON
New orchestra that has pulling power	CARTHORSE
Odd crew at sea, cramped	CROWDED
Off the wall, but not entirely without reason	OUTRE
One sister of Beth in British university, small and elegant	BIJOU
Put up with big, unending embrace that’s painful?	BEARHUG
Rise and fall of baddy from ‘ere	CADENCE
Session certain to make one enthralled	SPELLBOUND
Silly South American country running short of energy and food	CHILDISH
Superior crackpot, fellow on paper maybe not mentioned	Unuttered
Take revenge to avoid an odd outcome?	GETEVEN
Taking part in debate, a marvellous group of top people	ATEAM
The foreign female OK as an immigrant?	LEGAL
The time one’s arranged to meet	DATE
The wren, regularly disappearing bird	TERN
University type had to be sent down after a drug bust	GRADUATE
Vehicle belonging to artist on front of mansion gets barbarous treatment	VANDALISM
What may be flowering in season — nitrogen not needed	SPRIG
What terrible left-winger outside Parliament finally gets stopped?	THWARTED

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,944 – Jan 10 2019

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Clues	Answers
… bust of Nietzsche’s Trampedach!	CHEST
Absurd when one is followed by quite a few more	ASININE
Apparent poverty traps	OVERT
Attractive area — extremely quiet London region	APPEALING
Banking controller one suffering at work	AILERON
City diary ends in unforgettable poem	ECLOGUE
Cleaner has mop, shuffling round	SHAMPOO
Composer admitting small sin to French king	ROSSINI
Creature’s terrible noise round a lake	SEALION
Delay prisoner, holding up prison sentence?	TIMELAG
Dull film with cute alien in coppice	THICKET
Evil daughter has come in sozzled	DEMONIC
Force prisoners to exercise	CONSTRAIN
Fur essential covering chest over	MUSKRAT
Hidden clue here will be …	CRYPTIC
I love wearing stupid expression	IDIOM
Is obliged to interrupt gym period	PHASE
Marsupial has big problem crossing river	OPOSSUM
Mild mid-evening in days before Easter	LENIENT
Painter needs to chat girl up	RAPHAEL
Physicist caught following criminal raid	DIRAC
Rep tensed, relaxed, delivered pitch?	PRESENTED
Republican worried about man shot again?	RETAKEN
Resin down there in pouch	SHELLAC
Rock on radio for immature six-footer?	LARVA
Spectacle taking long time in food store	PAGEANTRY
Strong flavour before wrapping in citrus fruit	TANGERINE
Sullen, low and deplorably gutless	MOODY
This weave includes leaning lines primarily	TWILL
Understaffed editor dispensed with rapid writing	SHORTHAND
Vibration from terrible snore can start to echo	RESONANCE
Why lovers love scientific discipline?	CHEMISTRY

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,942 – Jan 8 2019

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The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,941 – Jan 7 2019

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Clues	Answers
Autocratic leader runs into considerable trouble	BIGBROTHER
Bank calling me away	TIER
Book is on units of heredity	GENESIS
Club member in register managed to get one inside	ROTARIAN
Conservative blocking amendment causes heated dispute	ALTERCATION
Foremost of directors study fear	DREAD
Heartless guy, pinching bottom, makes one cross	GRUMPY
In serious difficulty contending with Italian	UPAGAINSTIT
Leading parade miles away	ARCH
Like people’s first charter?	PLEASE
Make a face? Brit, grotesquely	FABRICATE
Not a bona fide competitor in the arms race?	GUNRUNNER
Opposed to substantial houses	ANTI
Powerful state embracing the Spanish song	HOTELCALIFORNIA
Praise article on socially acceptable male drug	LAUDANUM
Problem children matter	ISSUE
Remain involved in Hitchcock film	MARNIE
Reportedly purchase extra	BYE
Resigns from partnerships in writing	STANDSDOWN
Ruined, stained across front of pants	SPOILED
Sent a Defoe novel, and one by Steinbeck	EASTOFEDEN
Show disapproval about Northern Ireland bishop’s mock title	HISNIBS
Small notice over head brings sorrow	SADNESS
Star on the rocks? Not quite	SUN
Stop row involving Greek character	DETAIN
Take this to heed short message	NOTE
We, in refurbished snack bar, reply impertinently	ANSWERBACK
What one must do with litter to redeem a bad situation?	PICKUPTHEPIECES

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,939 – Jan 4 2019

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Acting group, one kept in as punishment and reprimanded	CASTIGATED
Alcoholic drink — team will need transport	SIDECAR
Artist with tricky class — naughty boys?	RASCALS
Aussie animals taking time to settle	ROOST
Awfully nice, she is from an Asian country	CHINESE
Buck perhaps wanting maiden — or many maidens!	HAREM
Child falling over ending in the ditch	DIKE
Child finally restrained by troubled mother in Norwegian city	TRONDHEIM
Copper is a good one who may wave his hands about?	CONDUCTOR
Country activity very much associated with ancient dynasty	FARMING
Craftsperson one mum and lad spotted at side of street	STONEMASON
Fare always covers this zone	AREA
Farm animal left to find cover	COWL
Fellow in charge supporting rising celebrity	FOREMAN
Football team with its colour becoming mucky	MANURED
Goddess making a mister naughty	ARTEMIS
Had a drink and complained audibly	WINED
He’s abandoning hospital with leap, the one getting away	ESCAPER
It certainly doesn’t sound like her sort of song	HYMN
It’s excellent of the French to provide assistants	AIDES
Little boy will sit in nearly all these seats	THRONES
Monster in heap of straw getting at food	COCKATRICE
Not stupid when collecting silver — it is very popular	ALLTHERAGE
Outstanding Christian organisation to depend on holy books	SALIENT
Partner from Amsterdam?	DUTCH
Religious woman that is seen joining saint in crowd	PRIESTESS
Sage put out becomes aloof	UPSTAGE
Set down cheap drink	PLONK
Trees in curved formations by lake	LARCHES
Tumble down the ski slopes maybe for teatime treat?	SWISSROLL
Wanting lots of food — no good being very thin!	REEDY
What’s not entirely exciting a person who yawns?	GAPER

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,938 – Jan 3 2019

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Clues	Answers
Admit being unsettled with US venue	STADIUM
Article is about a group of countries	ASIA
Barely one month before drink with friend	MARGINALLY
Circuitous flight?	SPIRALSTAIRCASE
Command soldiers on base to capture Russian aeroplane from the south	REGIME
Dejection from shoddy gear yours truly gained in cost reduction	DISCOURAGEMENT
Delicate material sags more easily	GOSSAMER
Everyone needs help answering question: are Douglas et al on mainland? (2,3,2,2,6)	NOMANISANISLAND
Frenchman with scarf on rambling around island	FRANCOIS
Get up when caught on object	ASCEND
Join footballers setting up equipment for goals	FASTEN
Lying low after Charlie gets rebuke	CHIDING
Male in one card game showing restlessness	IMPATIENCE
New article, about two pages on European mercantile vessel	TEACLIPPER
Not totally pristine, current car	MINI
Old flame, rich model	EXAMPLE
Over European capital, note Japanese craft	ORIGAMI
Personnel involved in opening of sea urchins and crustaceans	SHRIMPS
Poet’s old verse on papers	OVID
Roll in bistro’s terrible	ROSTER
Second rat reported and more in order	STRAIGHTER
Strongman Capes, perhaps, smothers head of torch that’s alight	GETOFF
Suffered setback regarding drink and speed regularly taken	RELAPSED
Take out tie	DRAW
Take up gamble in one choice of roulette bet for important game	DECIDER
That’s spoken greeting head	HIGHNESS
Vacancies: fifty in financial institutions	BLANKS
Words fail me, soap not a broadcast giving insightful advice	PEARLSOFWISDOM

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,937 – Jan 2 2019

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A decent chap, mostly chasing fine material	FABRIC
African country losing love for a dance	CONGA
Artist’s second record admitted by criminal court	SCULPTOR
Bad spellers test patience of this city	COVENTRY
Barred areas for young song writer in case of process	PLAYPENS
Cleaner reprimands person in tears	CARPETSWEEPER
Delighted journalist after having seen story rejected	ELATED
Demote European envoy after resistance	RELEGATE
Element that’s key on horse	COBALT
Horses needed by rag-and-bone men crossing river	TROTTERS
Humble a graduate — she has no heart	ABASE
Legal case covering university sale	AUCTION
Like a monarch — one with answer for badges of office	REGALIA
Lively pub’s motto offering cheers	BOTTOMSUP
New foal ready for a long drink	YARDOFALE
New money will cover firm for financial system	ECONOMY
No reply from this worker is out of the question	YESMAN
People well-placed in the race for gold?	RUNNERSUP
Powerful traditions constrain such an extremist	ULTRA
Prince with no crown must protect the empty blood line	ARTERY
Rent, with advance sale collapsing on beginning of exchange	SUBLEASE
Rough rows in church	COARSE
Sing the praises of former tax cut	EXTOL
Spend some money on getting a grip	PURCHASE
Steps up, being formerly involved in unusual cases	ESCALATES
Stick out for a planned undertaking	PROJECT
Teachers seeing riddles initially dismissed	TRAINERS
Test part of door alarmed	ORAL
Throw out leader ducking mediaeval tournament	OUST
Words of love now — he’s setting out	SWEETNOTHINGS

The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,936 – Jan 1 2019

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A little Latin, or second language of old	NORSE
A river still spectacular	ARRESTING
Almost everything confiscated by officer, it is mine	COALPIT
Attack creatures of the night from below	STAB
Breakfast show broadcast?	CEREAL
Business done, upset	TURNOVER
Cleaning product put off man	DETERGENT
Complex ‘neath southern capital city	ATHENS
Cook in a large African	ALGERIAN
Dark-haired beast about to score	BRUNETTE
Discussed place in church for convert	ALTER
Disease affecting dog hair good in cat hair, perhaps	MANGE
Flies daring to tuck into cabbage and broccoli etc	GREENBOTTLES
Fruit no crossword setter likes, initially sent over	LEMON
Game of chance allowed to get in the way	ROULETTE
Inspector very sour for a change	SURVEYOR
Large bird once confused with seal	CONSIDERABLE
Last of sugar in a possible sweet	ADORABLE
Looking back, quote work in verse	POETIC
Nick parties, going regularly	PRISON
One of the first leaves piglet ate, poisonous	TITLEPAGE
Painter — very important person inspires one	TITIAN
Popular viewpoint, for example	INSTANCE
Principally sensational, except when dull	SUNLESS
Red first	CARDINAL
Revealing study, Tory gutted	SCANTY
Sprinter’s beginning to catch dawdler	SNAIL
Start knotting giant ties	INSTIGATE
Text without padding encapsulating insignificant message	TWEET
Utter brilliance from Bolshoi Ballet, all concluding	EMIT