The Telegraph - Cryptic - Dec 7 2017 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic - Dec 7 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A grand queen going to a city in India	AGRA
A story on country producing hostility	ALIENATION
Around pit, person keeping busy, as boss about	DOMINEER
Bottle -- optic possibly applied to it?	NERVE
Boy captures the work of Shakespeare, for example	SONNETS
Country folk appearing in operatic piece	ARMENIA
Criticise or clap?	BLAST
Dreadful experience being near horse nursing temperature	NIGHTMARE
Dreary poet sent up	DRAB
Freshwater reptile bringing one salmon up in ten	TERRAPIN
Genesis character in paradise then	SETH
Go green, changing policy finally	ENERGY
I'm so interfering, travelling as a politician?	FOREIGNMINISTER
King has designed a winter scarf, say	KNITWEAR
Loving a swindle, gang	ADORING

Clues	Answers
Old communist figure turning back on Left	LENIN
Part of orchestra that's supersonic when vibrating	PERCUSSION
Perfect female, unruly	FLAWLESS
Preserving energy, Romans relaxed -- slaves driving galley, maybe	OARSMEN
Snack to put with something sparkling and European	TOASTIE
Stumble after a few drinks, going one way then the other	ROUNDTRIP
Subject inspiring reverence primarily, one circling the globe	TROPIC
This person is overlooking agreement in effect	IMPACT
Two relatives meeting tomorrow in Madrid?	MANANA
Violent protesters initially roaring 'Tories out'	RIOTERS
Voting system not nice, unfortunately, in US university	PRINCETON
Want to work hard, you announce?	NEED
Where men are on board ship beside revolutionary	CHESS
Where one finds chicks, ear's bitten seriously	INEARNEST