The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,214 - Nov 21 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,214 - Nov 21 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Instruments from India employed by idols	SITARS
Jeer Republican philistine	BOOR
Lunatic charged head of Government in fact	DERANGED
Measures springs without pressure	OUNCES
Merkel, perhaps not entirely relevant	GERMAN
My group showing bodice	CORSET
Persistent criminal caught by lying occasionally	LIFELONG
Possibly need a term embracing new love?	ENDEARMENT
Report on soldiers in Welsh city	BANGOR
Return of Queen with nearly perfect material	REAL
Seed oddly identical to another seed	SESAME
Short break precedes prompt recovery	RESCUE
Strip is reportedly censored	BAND
Temporary housing housing a northern resident	TENANT

Clues	Answers
'Abdabs', in theory, partly due to this?	ABSINTHE
Appetite about left one's husband	RELISH
Broadcaster is keen to poach star	ASTERISK
By the sound of it pinches nerves	STEELS
Castle I'd destroyed, and fortresses	CITADELS
Chaplain, perhaps one in Army?	SERVICEMAN
Confusion finding gold in abundance	MORASS
Contact accessing land line initially	CALL
Count of French prison beginning to despair	DEPEND
Crazily go insane at seeing needle	ANTAGONISE
Does honestly understand	CONSTRUE
Flash car saving energy as well	MOREOVER
Help when yours truly goes after second position	ASSISTANCE
Holy opening to Heaven admitted	HALLOWED