The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,959 - Jan 28 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,959 - Jan 28 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Fish in a hulk at sea – drag under vessel	KEELHAUL
Former collier framing a judge	EXAMINER
Horribly wrong, errant Sherpa took off	PEARSHAPED
Meal without starter shortened – a blow	UPPERCUT
Member in a register, scaremonger	ALARMIST
Mums complain about European cheese	MASCARPONE
Put pen to paper about hospital making one feel acute embarrassment	WRITHE
Question everyone about complicated bet after British game	BASKETBALL
Report part of speech dividing a northern church	ANNOUNCE
Run naked in street? About a kilometre!	STREAK
Sceptic acting so strangely	AGNOSTIC
Some help a soldier in West Texas town	ELPASO
Stats turned up at short notice	DATA
Vigorous blow catching a protruding stomach	PAUNCH

Clues	Answers
A drama unfolding for fleet	ARMADA
A pound almost left, and five US cents	NICKEL
All the rage, sauce on piece of offal? Not seriously	TONGUEINCHEEK
Approach a meeting place	AVENUE
Artist in boggy ground, marsh	MORASS
Board express to save time	STAY
Commonplace, a penny-farthing years ago	ORDINARY
Conflict in the air, a clash between setters, perhaps	DOGFIGHT
Consecrated area of land in outskirts of Stroud	SACRED
Conspicuous gesture	SIGNAL
Domestic pet seen in seat as mice scattered	SIAMESECAT
Endless chat is chap's charm	TALISMAN
Evil can spread round a Spanish city	VALENCIA
Feature on area in Asian country	CHINA