The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 06 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Superior meal, no seconds required UPPER
Academic, Italian, makes a financial gain PROFIT
Rose perhaps taking stroll between two rivers RAMBLER
Runs in preliminary round showing pluck HEART
Piano tune for two PAIR
Lots of strips of pasta needing no introduction OODLES
Relish (foremost of relishes) in small dish SAUCER
Flattering remark made by companion, we hear COMPLIMENT
Prize in American lottery raised AWARD
Fizzy drink accordingly put next to prosecutor SODA
First-class spinner having fine match TOPFLIGHT
Close to coast, male reptile in Cornish peninsula THELIZARD
One more from Sparta? No, Thermopylae ANOTHER
Dean at bizarre church social event TEADANCE
Working man served from a barrel? ONDRAUGHT
Dress up bride more elaborately EMBROIDER
US naval officer, returning in Yngling, is nervous ENSIGN
Commotion caused as odd drink knocked back RUMPUS
Love new tune being broadcast ONAIR
Fish in barrel needlessly gutted TUNNY
Restaurant worker spilling one's drink WATER
Angry over promise to supply puzzle CROSSWORD
In a box, a good American vegetable ASPARAGUS
Everyone taken in by half of hoofer's sensational advertising BALLYHOO
Auction head of Monroe in state capital SALEM
Work inside cold American plant CACTUS
Rich fellow, poor female WELLOFF
Caught sight of several, initially, of various colours SPIED
Stop working in retreat RETIRE
Colours on bottle FLAGON
Member describing old article's distinctive smell AROMA
First-rate spinner having fine match TOPFLIGHT
The head after tongue -- what to put it on, once sliced? FRENCHLOAF
Female lover over in Rabat, a Romanian INAMORATA
Tenor, fifty, appearing in Broadway musical GIGLI
Under strain, guide high-flier up for trial? TESTPILOT
Lines once dished out for cheek INSOLENCE
One who's never met his match? BACHELOR
Answer's way out SOLUTION
Dishonest female fired from amusement park UNFAIR
Film of gentle jockey? EASYRIDER
Live close to upmarket fish shop BETRAY
Best player's back CHAMPION
Opera fairs badly in China? PARSIFAL
Smoked beef over rye, initially given to French friend PASTRAMI