The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 06 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Spades stuck and broke STRAPPED
Record contagion restricting people's fun ENTERTAINMENT
Queen provided rising passion FIRE
Note mum keeping one strong RESILIENT
Old Nick related to bones OSTEAL
However tense, meditation perhaps? THOUGHT
Gamble, having lost one's shirt? INVEST
Pod exposed after nosing under topsoil initially PEANUT
Copy of i consumed around Cambridge University IMITATE
Charge hospital department over decay ENTRUST
Baptise in church? Started holding tot's head CHRISTEN
Avoid sun at first, despite shivering SIDESTEP
Religious leader beginning to talk and talk RABBIT
Worker from start is a newbie ARTISAN
Tipping hat, single man is assiduous DILIGENT
Stand in pubs giving insults BARRACKS
Some fear a chest infection? EARACHE
Shipping company keen for pay-off UPSHOT
Reportedly rang and confessed TOLD
Nice woman? MADAME
Future monarchs? PUPAE
Alien found in immense surface COSMETIC
A pastry's rolled layers STRATA
Problem of retina? Yes, possibly EYESTRAIN
Having a position when in sack BASED