The Telegraph - Cryptic - May 18 2018 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic - May 18 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
One hires eccentric females who can do great things	HEROINES
One may have ways set down in print	ROADMAP
Operation that's largely up in the air	AVIATION
Planned performance including group of stars	DESIGNED
Society weighed down by additional customs	MORES
Some bookmakers take dubious bet	STAKED
Somehow she's liberated, back in business again?	REESTABLISHED
Such language when dog bites maiden!	TAMIL
This person's solemn promise brings an exclamation of surprise	MYWORD
Unhappy wife reacted after bad meal?	WRETCHED
What church choir may sing, gathered to convey holy writ?	MOTET
Woman beginning to polish item of furniture that can fit in anywhere?	ADAPTABLE
Women's group with social worker swigged gin, forging agreement	COVENANTING
Worker, dismissed, gets charitable gift	HANDOUT

Clues	Answers
Article by fraud, someone claiming contact with spirits	SHAMAN
Big but not good religious school cut in two	BISECT
British farming establishment -- just one bit of the business?	BRANCH
Burns and marks on outside of church	SCORCHES
Dreadful inn, a kind in which one gets undrinkable black fluid!	INDIANINK
Ego-trip in bank sadly creates a critical situation	BREAKINGPOINT
Farmer who must take stock now and again?	CATTLEMAN
Fellow taking rest after tea	CHARLIE
Green lady, terribly romantic	LEGENDARY
I may be carried by entertainer offering lift	HOIST
Imaginary brainwash	MAKEBELIEVE
Leaders in Church Times entrenched in good sense and holiness	SANCTITY
Maureen outside home after party may be a 'faller-over'	DOMINO
Meaningful narration	TELLING