The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2019 10 07

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Flask, article Mrs Overall initially used THERMOS
Piece of furniture, one skirted by cleaner CHAIR
Mend most of others, ripped RESTORE
A male aboard pilot ship STEAMER
This may prove a comfort to one who's just retired ELECTRICBLANKET
LOUT FROM UNKNOWN AREA MEETING SHORT VIOLENT CRIMINAL YAHOO
Old man having part to play in prisoner's conditional release PAROLE
One responsible for arranging rare song, I suspect ORGANISER
Pitcher found in drain, not small EWER
Lecture about skin CHIDE
Creature in opening close to bush SLOTH
One feels queen should be repelled by insect ANTENNA
Head of galley, tremendous as regards cooking good food? GASTRONOMICAL
Superior meal after heading off UPPER
Star in East, twinkling, seen by chance ASTERISK
Retire, and start drinking old dry white wine from Spain? HITTHESACK
Courage shown by last in convoy in sound HEARTY
Not this dear French stateswoman THATCHER
Spirit of leading investor ARCHANGEL
Graceful animal is so meek inside LISSOME
Knife fight about it upset student STILETTO
Snake cleaner fed, nervously FERDELANCE
Extinguish last of blazes by dam SMOTHER
Punctuation mark: misused too, perhaps APOSTROPHE
Whingers disconcerted US composer GERSHWIN
REPRESENTATIVE TURNED UP, RINGING ABOUT A CHURCH MINISTER PREACHER
Order to economise is to no avail USELESS
Waterway shown in plan, a channel to the west CANAL
Jack, deceitful man KNAVE
TRUMP ALMOST CERTAIN TO GO THROUGH SURPASS
THEATRICAL COMPANY RENTED PLAYHOUSE, FINALLY FULL REPLETE
GETS RID OF ILLEGALLY OBTAINED CATAPULT SLINGSHOT
Mary's then desperately hugged by friend in plant CHRYSANTHEMUM
Great at manoeuvring in series of yacht races? REGATTA
American died on assignment? Acknowledgement required ADMISSION
A NEARLY NEW SUIT AGREE
Stop living with tough old fogey DIEHARD
Marksmen savaged in press SNIPERS
Remark addressed to a back-seat driver that's double-edged? BELTUP
Mum, lost for words SPEECHLESS
Pair allowed in band BRACELET
Followers reunite in resort RETINUE
Burning desire of mayor I pan vigorously PYROMANIA
Apricot tart contains soft cheese RICOTTA
TEN OPERAS REWRITTEN IN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ESPERANTO
Shock finding uniform inside streetcar, American TRAUMA
Against having party in flat CONDO
High-powered detectives arresting lots on the way back DYNAMIC
Last character to be expelled from Cornish town as punishment PENANCE
Provoke tense scaffolder? TRIGGER
Deliberately ignore the alternative method after search LOOKTHEOTHERWAY
Type of music demonstrated by single on the radio? SOUL
Undergraduate ultimately failing to pass ELAPSE
True leader of mountainous kingdom REALM
Bum in boozer SPONGE
Perhaps Ulster's best film TOPCOAT
No more than a pond MERE
False belief held by Ptolemy, then MYTH