The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 07

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Mum's curry -- poetry on occasion, one assumes! USURPER
Royal house -- time for Charlie to show appreciation? PALATE
A majority of capital raised in addition ALSO
Doddering eccentric, pierced and tattooed (head only) DECREPIT
Drunk guy maybe, pedestrian performer who looks about to drop off? TIGHTROPEWALKER
Figure hoarding 1,000 diamonds gets stabbed PRICKED
Increased touring to Italy, a paradise UTOPIA
Recognition of pupil a Tory arranged POPULARITY
Cool quality of most aircraft wings? UNFLAPPABILITY
Grass and booze covering food carrier BETRAYER
Had a tramp cooked up drug taken by old rocker? TRUDGED
Right to be utterly liberated? FREEDOMOFSPEECH
Shattering exercises to unwind STRAIGHTEN
Lie about going to clubs perhaps in smart gear LOUNGESUIT
Having forgotten odd bits of Byron, lip-reads, inverting order DEPLOY
Straightforward command DIRECT
Changed sides and caught foxtrot instead of tango DEFECTED
Musical item is set in Washington DISC