The Telegraph - Cryptic - December 7 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - December 7 2016 

Clues	Answers
Abandon plane and sit back working	JETTISON
Ambush means gamble	WAYLAY
Carrots perhaps in cooked pot roast?	TAPROOTS
Con trendy officer on board	INMATE
County game is cut short before reserve appears	CHESHIRE
Dad perched on rear part of horse	PASTERN
Dinnertime is fixed, and tea flexible, not exactly fixed	INDETERMINATE
Fortune to come from this game?	LOTTO
Fruit firm fiddle just using regulars	COCONUT
Get at person entitled to entertain bishop	NOBBLE
Guard fuel, needing area for energy	PATROL
Joint in carpet	ROAST
Joint push	ELBOW
King Charles cross that is start of line?	SPANIEL

 

Clues	Answers
Let off extra duties at first	SPARED
Liberal changing recent stand in church	LECTERN
Match in Naples fragmented, occasioning such kicks	PENALTIES
Pet goes on search for source of sweetness	HONEYCOMB
Politicians who can't abide changes finish in Lords	SHADOWCABINET
Preside over key and locks	CHAIR
Rise to welcome Queen in maroon	STRAND
Sky link confusing brigadier	AIRBRIDGE
Spain therefore accommodates journalists, getting coffee	ESPRESSO
Thresholds in approaches, journalistically?	DOORSTEPS
Treat with discretion	DELICACY
Turn right in passage for 'Gulliver's Travels', for example	ALLEGORY
Well-behaved worker in hospital	ORDERLY
Withdraw religious education pamphlet	RETRACT