The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,984 - Feb 26 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,984 - Feb 26 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
It can locate things in the dark or fog, either way	RADAR
Large-scale place to live, needing half of great wealth	HOMERIC
Much too theatrical: buck up you old ...	STAGEY
Nervous -- and imperfect, perhaps?	TENSE
Observer's a weekly publication	SPECTATOR
Pal can tip off one looking for a job	APPLICANT
Pulled out of contest that's marked	SCRATCHED
Second Reagan in charge? That's stupid	MORONIC
Show organiser putting scoundrel on a high spot	CURATOR
Slick sergeant-major facing soldiers	SMARMY
Something to savour: the setter attending a dance	MEATBALL
Tangier confused North American: it's in South America	ARGENTINA
This should be the very solution that you enter	ANSWER
Went quickly back, made an assessment and told a story	NARRATED
Write about a male water bird	PEAHEN
You could see this on a cake in the freezer?	ICING

Clues	Answers
'Accio Pint!' cooked up, with one about to leave person doling out glasses	OPTICIAN
... dim, initially boring, Shakespearean character	BLEAR
... Edward providing glacial material for building?	EDIFICE
24-hour hallucinations or hopeful aspirations?	DAYDREAMS
A number rule the roost, to some extent	ETHER
Absolute ruler in temper, originally	EMPEROR
Beg to go first after parking	PLEAD
Change coaches with one leaving behind time	TRANSLATE
City that's dull -- it may get wet after a shower	BATHMAT
Conservative given a long time in prisons	CAGES
Dog that's more like Terence?	TERRIER
Essentially sharp about appearing in motoring event	RADICALLY
Flag displayed next to short girl -- a flag!	SALTIRE
Geordie mate gets a place in the mountains ...	NEPAL
Harassed press for introducing old don?	PROFESSOR
Inhabitants of planet getting listening device, then trapping leader of Martians	EARTHMEN