The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 01 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Maybe top criminal seizing power SPINNER
Mix of dried flowers and grass -- chuck it down drain, periodically POTPOURRI
More intoxicated after friend gets Italian port PALERMO
Old hands grasping answer in language exam? ORAL
Second husband boarding air-conditioned train SCHOOL
Setter caught wearing two lingerie items and 100 trinkets BRICABRAC
Suppose river contains fish one's seen sliding on ice FIGURESKATER
Wind Harry Potter's friend up before festival NOREASTER
Revolutionary Communist Party welcoming call for boldness DERRINGDO
Return from foolish mooching around capitals in Middle East HOMECOMING
Reading City mostly overwhelmed by Spanish team RECITAL
Pop Scotsman composed entertains One Direction COMPASSPOINT
Playing poker outside empty casino in heat earlier PRECOOK
Place to put picture frame for exhibition -- it's white ALBUMEN
Joke suitable for all by a Biblical character JOSHUA
Dressing always kept by doctor MAYO
Doctor scowled at sign of fear COLDSWEAT
Batter in upturned polystyrene pots OPENER
Bad temper shown by fisherman dropping line ANGER
Asylum seeker good to enter EU, free to travel REFUGEE
Aiming to get slightly reduced number ASPIRIN