The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 04

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Helpful lag expected to conceal shortfall ULLAGE
Head of church needing part in soap opera POPE
Friend supporting set pieces above all ESPECIALLY
Item in office -- Guardian perhaps -- on Conservative effrontery PAPERCLIP
Look! A female showing common sense ... LOAF
One beset by fat landowner LAIRD
Preserve food if angry about bungled raid IRRADIATE
... upsetting odd Italian extra ADDITIONAL
Artist's record held by criminal courts SCULPTOR
Relative tease, going topless AUNT
Spoilt little devil given publicity IMPAIRED
Weirdly, retail do made-to-measure TAILORED
What stomach may do after chef's first sweet dish CRUMBLE
Workers employed by editor to improve text EMEND
Free trade -- empty promise producing complex paperwork REDTAPE
Fail to arrive before a policeman arrests king COMEACROPPER
City pair stay intermittently PISA
Article on strong drink -- a painful condition ANGINA