The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,047 - May 10 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,047 - May 10 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Jack hopes somehow to become a different man	JOSEPH
Loses hope, as some French groups of minimal size	DESPAIRS
Men dress and end up looking silly for poet	EDMUNDSPENSER
Merry little woman nearby left abandoned	JOCOSE
Most clever male beasts about to face ordeal	SMARTEST
Nerve centre workers needing person of courage	GANGLION
One's 'not standing' for this!	SEDENTARY
Pervasive quality conveyed by Celia, romantically	AROMA
Place with sect dancing -- it's worth seeing	SPECTACLE
Quiet hard worker given order, a shadow of his former self?	PHANTOM
Row? Mark has hesitation to join in	TERRACE
Socialist is given praise -- lauded finally for showing what he wants wealth to be?	REDISTRIBUTED
The old man clumsily handles fruit	PAPAWS
Wild partygoers hiding in piece of furniture that can be covered	TRAVERSABLE

Clues	Answers
A hundred and ten gathered round capital's highest point	CLIMAX
African is keen, having surrendered heart to Irish songstress	KENYAN
After beginning, was first to be frightened	STARTLED
Any number will wear long garment in this island country	TONGA
Attempt to get everyone to eat onion	SHALLOT
Authority allows funny man to join African party in church	CLEARANCE
Buddhist literature giving us art that's extraordinary	SUTRA
Builders perhaps against having particular vehicles	CONTRACTORS
Forecasts from newspaper folk, with time being limited	PRESAGES
Give chaps solarium treatment for lines?	TANGENTS
Give new status to head of research -- agreed after reorganisation	REGRADE
I work on farm -- wind here's terrible	SWINEHERD
In hot weather we may have this warning message	LESSON
Instruction to players, with time of abstinence over	LENTO