The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,955 - Jan 23 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,955 - Jan 23 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Improvised score	SCRATCH
Leaves sweets for the audience	DESERTS
Line for hotel in reserve? That's cunning	SLYNESS
Not working on films or derivatives	OFFSHOOTS
Nothing in awards for noted producers	OBOES
Peak journey across capital of Germany	RIDGE
Places formerly used for burying pub arguments	BARROWS
Plant area by home for a parasite	HOSTA
Reduce stress on subordinate to compete	UNDERPLAY
Reform Libor? Up to executive committee	POLITBURO
Sport exponent's foolish risk, imbued with ecstasy	SKIER
Tory regularly involved in mass meeting will be treated thus	ROYALLY
Transparency by nation must give an overwhelming victory	LANDSLIDE
United taken over by horribly arrogant underwriter	GUARANTOR
Ways of getting winning hands?	MANICURES
Working fairs endlessly broadcasting	ONAIR

Clues	Answers
A moan about stories making exceptions	ANOMALIES
An idea, however tense	THOUGHT
Animal that's quiet around crowd	SLOTH
Bad-tempered youth's first after examination	TESTY
Beat this dancing to rumba	TAMBOUR
Brazil's measure from leader -- a star	BOSSANOVA
Carbon test for marine life form	CORAL
Charge for barrel of fruit recently stolen?	GRAPESHOT
Desperate, as hopelessly exposes restaurant	TEASHOP
Disinfects bad stain that is covering small spades	SANITISES
Doctors offer these measures, accepting gain wrongly	DIAGNOSES
Easy, no doubt, to take in a church council	SYNOD
Famous stage ready for transformation around November	LEGENDARY
Golfer's row about golf	TIGER
Hold back source of feed eaten by ruminants	DEFER
Hooligan exchanging uniform for popular obsession	THING