The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,223 - Dec 2 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,223 - Dec 2 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Ladies' group -- function we run for a man on his own, perhaps	WIDOWER
Man, humorist in play	KINGLEAR
One taking a lot of interest in ancient city, certain to be impressed	USURER
Oscar after Henry's ring	HALO
Publisher entertained by very French companies	TROUPES
Spiv with detailed plan, lout recalled	WIDEBOY
Tense, working to seal one fault	IMPERFECTION
Tree, thinner on top having been pollarded	ALDER
Used to agree with husband too	SECONDHAND
Very clean, unlike a leopard?	SPOTLESS
Vessel more willingly boarded by companion	SCHOONER
Watch first batsman? Quite something	EYEOPENER
Writing about it, girl becomes unpredictable	HITANDMISS
Yellow River associated with unknown disease	CHICKENPOX
Young woman crossing river shows strain	WRENCH

Clues	Answers
A quarrel about right marker	ARROW
Arrest Greek character during row	DETAIN
Attendance good at start of event	GATE
Box blows over	SPAR
British want to protect the blighter	BLACKGUARD
Coming from the sea, unexpectedly	OUTOFTHEBLUE
Country's desire to have Middle East involved	YEMEN
Duty of Bede, I suspect, in ordinary northern church	OBEDIENCE
Easy to carry -- piano or desk?	PORTABLE
Fail to include old Cambridge seat of learning	OMIT
Fit to bust, tart somehow gets revenge	TITFORTAT
Fungal growth, slight on endless sheep	MILDEW
Further bit player	EXTRA
Head of family, perhaps, could make protest about curtailed hearing	MATRIARCH
Hold back substitute	RESERVE