The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Dish offered by heartless gaoler of old TURKEY
Given penalty having invested energy in discovery FINED
Feature of a newspaper chief with column HEADLINE
Smart and very quietly absorbed in study from the east DAPPER
False beliefs of French in souls transformed DELUSIONS
Special terms must include change ALTER
Crime may be so like some clues UNSOLVED
Communication from mother cutting fiction, rejected EMAIL
Hates trials supporting defence's case DETESTS
Head must accept restriction in range of colours PALETTE
Survive in part of garden that's blooming! BLASTED
Exercise in burning logs here perhaps OPENFIRE
Hesitated, being employed by father PAUSED
Desperate search will include a day for such a game CHARADES
Bag for plunder? SACK
Dancer buys a new something for sweet BRANDYSAUCE
Eyes like this seen oddly in secret CLOSESET
Doing as is set out will offer identification of condition DIAGNOSIS
Elk's good for starter, and this should be cooked! GOOSE
Hunk, perhaps needing metal rings for appliances DISHWASHERS
Unlike poor friend, left with no end of approval DIFFERENT
Sort of material that might extend, putting year on prison sentence STRETCHY
Last of alcohol to be put into hot cake STOLLEN
Standard, as men cooked cheese PARMESAN
Man entitled to be on board? KNIGHT
Quits after abandoning start of rugby game EVENS
Talk up cuts in what might accompany 11? PARSNIPS
King and queen finally become informed LEARN
Not many will cross line winged FLEW
SETTING REQUIRED FOR A SELFIE? AUTOFOCUS