The Telegraph - Cryptic - Jan 8 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jan 8 2016

Clues	Answers
Accepting curt message of gratitude sent to palace?	TAKING
Animals hunted in pits	QUARRIES
Area is mined that contains uranium -- vast expanse of land	EURASIA
As someone who is inquisitive, one enters, certainly not silently	NOISILY
Criticise cold fizzy drink being served at entrance	CASTIGATE
Dine in attempt to achieve agreement	TREATY
Direction suggested by one after the start	NORTHEAST
Female is hurt outside front of French establishment providing food	FISHFARM
Friendly expression of surprise on phone (old style!)	CORDIAL
Garden -- it could ramble around slope	GRADIENT
Grand one as seen looking down on little creature?	GIANT
Hormone in hen -- products not half contaminated	ENDORPHIN
Impersonated, like an ineffective bowler?	TAKENOFF
Lacking mercy, not having particular female around?	RUTHLESS

Clues	Answers
Love energetic girl	OLIVE
Make a hole in castle, say, getting right inside	PIERCE
Man on the coast dancing a shorter rumba	HARBOURMASTER
Message of those seeking reconciliation put at risk	ENDANGER
Mineral given by doctor to tot -- surgery's latest thing to be swallowed	GYPSUM
More than one youngster rises, having received handout	ADOLESCENTS
Novel left regularly in a place for books?	SHELF
Pedagogue flogged cheat with little hesitation	TEACHER
Predict a boring thing for the audience	AUGUR
Snatch sleep after swallowing acid	KIDNAP
Terrible canteen cop can boycott?	NONACCEPTANCE
Uses water maybe to dilute a trusted ale naughtily	ADULTERATES
What animates me, duet that's sung in church	TEDEUM
Work in the crossworder's study?	THESAURUS