The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2019 08 10

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Nerd cut short attempt to secure order in maths subject GEOMETRY
Standard choice of letters from middle of the alphabet NORM
Container whose contents could be scantier CANISTER
Insult good chap attending club BRICKBAT
Promise showed by goat-herd OATH
, 13 & 15 Across Person above the law commercialised prison income irregularly (6,3,5,12) POLICE
Odd characters in britches pose showing muscle BICEPS
Heads of American classified counter intelligence damage friendly country without meaning to ACCIDENTALLY
Caught on boundary? I had got in, showing excess of this? CONFIDENCE
People getting top-class choice of food MENU
Oscar holds firm views OPINIONS
River reaching middle of Caspian Sea DEEP
Spies with old word for goodbye CIAO
Block of wood incorporating new pine LONG
Buy teapots manufactured in place for tourists? BEAUTYSPOT
Kind of beach where husband is lost without a partner SINGLE
Corrupt time-traveller's machine detained in station BASTARDISE
Pig-headed, being brought into this world under revolutionary conditions STUBBORN
Essential term in grammar IMPERATIVE
Shut away fool travelling round Kent area CLOSET
SEE 12 ACROSS COMMISSIONER
Left-winger to outdo as MP REDCAP
SEE 12 ACROSS ANDCRIME
Another mistake for fielder? SECONDSLIP
People may chat about these motor sport changes FIREPLACES
Right-wingers which heretics upset THATCHERITES
Something simple to have with tea? APIECEOFCAKE
Author occupying position of source ATWELL