The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Old clown, I blunder into drugs? PIERROT
Put in again, checks unlikely REINSTALL
Secret police probing rookie officer, virtually dismissed CASTASIDE
Worm finally caught by a parting, wandering bird PTARMIGAN
Originally attacking less, it's better in defence ALIBI
Very detailed, certain it's complicated INTRICATE
List covering revolutionary character in romantic novel ROCHESTER
Productions bringing passion into heart of actress THEATRE
Leave small stuff SCRAM
Canine tip POINTER
Quiet man heard? PEACE
Strange, off and on OUTRE
Tool for tidying up back SWEEPER
Draw in a pamphlet, ringing middle of picture ATTRACT
Fish in crocodile, perhaps? SNAPPER
Darn freezing! PERISHING
Delighted first of prisoners let out PLEASED
Cutting wood, a popular apprentice TRAINEE
Crime in casinos ramped up ARSON
A pretence backfiring for old storyteller AESOP