The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Publish charter again? RELEASE
Assign a parking place APPOINT
Meat and fibre in hamper HAMSTRING
Butcher to carve ham OVERACT
DESPERATE TO SURVIVE DROP LASTDITCH
Will one lying find such support close by? BEDPOST
Small offence importing glossy handbags? SCRIMMAGE
Short story being broadcast -- it could be gripping! TALON
Mild Russian leader embracing Eastern Time LENIENT
Mammal in tar pit not completely absorbed TAPIR
Look round posh home for creature under shell SEAURCHIN
Is it here one may expect high tolls? BELLTOWER
Genial Dicky initially enjoyed descent LINEAGE
Defenceless old flame, model, died EXPOSED
Bottom oar disintegrated in seagoing craft MOTORBOAT
Astronomer Fred needs year inside crater HOYLE
Article uncovered hate facing mostly left-wing arts arena THEATRE
Appeal upheld by an old church in ancient city ANTIOCH
Angered? Explosively? ENRAGED
Island in unsettled US area, or continental one? EURASIA