The Telegraph - Cryptic - Apr 19 2017 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic - Apr 19 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A card game needing small contracts	ABRIDGES
Accept fans going topless for such commercial putsches	TAKEOVERS
Almost suggest poem and go off	IMPLODE
Bury's at home -- they're missing regulars	INTER
Come onto the scene in a contemporary broadcast	APPEAR
Discard from East, covered by spades, hearts and diamonds	SHED
Fishing-boat's single mistake, foregoing Southern relish	SMACKSONESLIPS
Flower girl finally out of bed and home	LUPIN
Hack crossing Portugal gets place on front page?	SPLASH
Is Columbus in a state with no black R&B?	SOULMUSIC
Lead actor set to return for new business venture	STARTUP
Leak from former lover you heard? Desperate, showing no heart	EXUDE
Left to cover start of cricket, energised	EXCITED
Look up drink in Japan as memento	KEEPSAKE

Clues	Answers
Old crowd rises to offer praise	EXTOL
Physical outcome for which runners perhaps pay?	ATHLETESFOOT
Protector ultimately failing a new supporter's pledge	GUARANTEE
Reduce without a second order	DECREE
Refrain from mounting pictures in support of staff	MANTRA
Sanctimonious bunch suppressed by international high-flier	TESTPILOT
Shortages damage large towns	SCARCITIES
Shuts short road after hospital's lucky escape	CLOSESHAVE
Stone circle parking area east of Argyll	OPAL
Tangoes wildly in front of the audience	ONSTAGE
The tar developed during cooking is overwhelming	BREATHTAKING
Transparency of woman hugging loveless idiot	LUCIDITY
Varied options must include one job	POSITION
Walk through the law	CONSTITUTIONAL