The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 01 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Heading off very much in advance EARLY
Leader quitting by arrangement ORDERING
One makes proposal cancelled by monarch twice OFFERER
Separated half of dishes, cracked DISSOLVED
Gems centrally placed on superior ornament EMBOSS
Gambled once Charlie's gone and cashed in his chips DIED
Engineer shut yard for some time THURSDAY
Divided volume of liquid, English wine QUARTERED
Characteristic of fine player FACTOR
Caught alien restraining knight and struck ENTRAPPED
Banks of nowhere returned good gains for savings NESTEGG
Audibly bemoan making cooking mixture ROUX
Sauce collected by vassal, address in Greenwich SALADDRESSING
Slacker, first to ignore dinner, left for pub IDLER
Spring day, content in best suit SPADES
Trouble opening up temple PAGODA
Trojan regularly declining acting sycophantically TOADYING
Tests after some oddly fell back EXAMS
Stupidly popular, shifty type (about 50) INEPTLY
Starting to dislike turning GOINGOFF
Earl lives extravagantly, acquiring second chateau VERSAILLES
Substitutes for team beside opponents PROXIES