The Telegraph – Cryptic – Jul 20 2018

Clues	Answers
A game, a dance and a wee dram?	HOPSCOTCH
Articles exposing the top people	LEADERS
Children’s author didn’t manage the whole lot	RANSOME
Day with vehicle going wrong way — should have used this?	SATNAV
Drink of disgusting cola provided by dad	ALCOPOP
Escort from abroad undermining task is unhelpful ally	JOBSCOMFORTER
Friend taking Ecstasy in passage	ALLEY
From which we may deduce Eva’s to keep some money by	SAVEUP
Goodness me, a new blemish in the country!	MYANMAR
Initially joyless, viewer’s good-humoured	JOCULAR
Journalist and boss gained unauthorised access online	HACKED
Knowing secret place, Rex escapes	CANNY
Like sort of woman providing test — the female’s lovely but totally heartless!	MOTHERLY
Maybe they are no longer funny trees	CHESTNUTS

Clues	Answers
Message to decomputerise? Jolly well tell me!	OUTWITHIT
Noble worker kept under by a cold bean-counter?	ACCOUNTANT
One may get stuck into a literary work	BOOKPLATE
Person in pulpit shows power, one getting somewhere	PREACHER
PM facing test in respect of Boris Johnson at one time?	MAYORAL
Report of man wounded in something through the letter box?	MAILSHOT
Reticent about Conservative traitor, about to become irritable	SCRATCHY
Scientists working in school’s pigsty	PSYCHOLOGISTS
Secretive about work and quiet — or careless?	SLOPPY
Smart police operation	STING
Stone circle with china buried under it	OPAL
Thus rodent goes around edible plants	TAROS
Time at home, takes advantage of Victoria and others	TERMINUSES
Unpleasant row	RANK