The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,360 - May 11 2020 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,360 - May 11 2020 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Language used before preparing something for the salad?	FRENCHDRESSING
Legacy of millions missing from retreat	HERITAGE
Love a speech introducing Democrat	ADORATION
Love dreary perfume	ODOUR
Misprint in literature on period of history ending in turmoil	LITERAL
News coming back about old soldier	TROOPER
Percentage of quota cut	RATIO
Prune others spreading, indefinite number	SHORTEN
Ride taken round Honshu, principally, by inscrutable person	SPHINX
Significant worker, one having special skills	OPERATIVE
Stew at ball? A delicate matter	HOTPOTATO
Stop after snake makes for pitch	ASPHALT
Stuff at sea it polluted	SATIATE
Uncomplaining, study portable shelter	CONTENT

Clues	Answers
A dry, mostly freezing, upper room	ATTIC
A lot of possibly unproductive activity travelling between places?	TOINGANDFROING
Bad fire in branch	OFFSHOOT
Celebrity on mixed gins -- Leo, perhaps	STARSIGN
Constant check	STAUNCH
Cool customer, initially wearing tartan	PLACID
Deal with Yankee, making pact	TREATY
Extraordinary worker having sparkling wine in football club	FANTASTIC
Fight adversary misguidedly creating work throughout the night	GRAVEYARDSHIFT
Heavenly body of a bodybuilder?	ASTEROID
Held one's gran if upset, conciliatory words being required	Nohardfeelings
In abeyance round Mediterranean resort	ONICE
Item worn with audacity ahead of match	NECKTIE
Join a church following a tense time	ATTACH