The Telegraph - Cryptic - Aug 2 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Aug 2 2017 

Clues	Answers
Bizarre request -- go in confusion	GROTESQUE
Blast area for sculpting stone	ALABASTER
Bribe covering demand for seafood	SCALLOP
Chinese money protecting tiger maybe in part of Mexico	YUCATAN
Commercial on independent group of countries is so long	ADIEU
Country doctor too -- he's Liberal, for a start	LESOTHO
Decisive stage when investments become unprofitable?	POINTOFNORETURN
Detours planned to include gold heraldic emblem	TUDORROSE
Doing sentry duty in rocky ground screening west of airport	ONGUARD
Frank returns carrying material for board covers	PLACEMATS
Gave up hope, seeing legal document cut by second couple	DESPAIRED
Hide mark from shabby stuff as well	TATTOO
Housework will be split to show enterprise	COTTAGEINDUSTRY
Italian bridge books returned by rail, mistakenly	RIALTO
Most of planet consumed in flood	SATURATE

 

Clues	Answers
Pleasant-sounding doctor takes look inside	MELODIC
Prayers of star embracing nurse	NOVENA
Range of a record signing, initially	ALPS
Record including name and instrument used for such cattle	LONGHORN
Son heads on holiday and calls on the way	STOPSOFF
Soup for an American cowherd needs stirring	CHOWDER
Stay away from salt dye	ABSTAIN
Target on river in Yorkshire is bear	ENDURE
The French -- after unusually quiet drink	TEQUILA
This fruit bug lives to a limited extent	UGLI
Try to impress -- call doctor before work	NAMEDROP
Very dry beast with no tail	BRUT
Waste time penning instruction to printer	STET
What ancients wore to speak at length?	TOGAS
Worker getting one over one, for starters	ANTIPASTI