The Telegraph – Cryptic – May 1 2018

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Clues	Answers
Announce team in the USA	STATESIDE
Bad thing, weapon used in disco	NIGHTCLUB
Bitterly cold in lorry crossing Canada’s capital	ARCTIC
Country in revolutionary fairy story	SYRIA
County town originally producing a red wine	CLARET
Eccentric queen, for example	CARD
Evergreen opera song about a posh limo?	ARAUCARIA
Everyone, taken in by most of band, in uproar	BALLYHOO
Famous pianist, murderess’s first husband in Sayers novel	MYRAHESS
Fellow members run into trouble with Society	BROTHERS
Few and far between, boxes on foremost of estates	SPARSE
Fifties Kitchen sink drama — something Winnie was fond of?	ATASTEOFHONEY
Foolish to stay up in German city	POTSDAM
Function of pitch, reportedly	ROLE
Gallons stored in Asian country port	LAGOS

Clues	Answers
Good boys protecting kid in best clothes	GLADRAGS
In section of sea, notice a large fleet	ARMADA
Judge’s pipe	RECORDER
Live on edge	RESIDE
Not charged, deserter held by American soldiers	GRATIS
Played out, even across river	TIRED
Remainder to lodge round university	RESIDUE
Rough spherical object found by recreation ground	BALLPARK
Row right up close to craft on the rocks	BANKRUPT
Sailor, man wearing waterproof stuff	TARPAULIN
Short durable cape — that’s the gear	HARNESS
Shorten a piece of snooker equipment	ABRIDGE
Similar article to enjoy	ALIKE
Take the part of one of Silver’s crew and he will be very angry	PLAYMERRYHELL
You almost sussed out Greek hero	ODYSSEUS