The Telegraph - Cryptic - September 8 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Solutions - Sep 8 2017 

Clues	Answers
Argument about monarch fulfilling duties?	WORKING
Bird, a female, full of energy -- magpie in London's East End?	TEALEAF
Colour of container on top of table	TINT
Country workers in firm facing threat, not half	STABLEMEN
Cut organ after demand for silence	SHEAR
Domineering and wicked English queen being imprisoned	IMPERIOUS
Equipment needed by the Spanish star	RIGEL
Excellent drink knocked back -- splendid stuff!	REGALIA
Food -- food churning over inside -- something lumpy	NUGGET
Greeting, with hesitation, chief in charge of tiered organisation	HIERARCHIC
Host with sailor going around in single small vehicle	MINICAB
In athletics competition, beat Open University by small amount	OUTRACE
Language specialist puts together Mass, one devoted to Our Lady	GRAMMARIAN
Mum joins little relative around five -- it's a wonder	MARVEL
Old saints, if meeting heresy, ultimately become rigid	OSSIFY

 

Clues	Answers
One new nurse accompanying journalist, one looking forward to match	INTENDED
Record company no longer gets permits for people leaving the country	EMIGRANTS
Resorting to priest, shy chap gets someone who can deal with emotional problems?	PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Saw doctor with ill tot	MOTTO
Sin was terrible for poetic lovers	SWAINS
Spent time getting prisoner settled	CONSORTED
Stupid person? I don't believe you!	GOON
Such a vocation limits this chaos	HAVOC
Support the fellow's yen to be a sort of preacher?	PROPHESY
The thing about husband, a source of irritation	ITCH
Trader in the French sea getting to sing	MERCHANT
Viceroy and ambassador go down following king	KHEDIVE
Welsh town gym? Gym's ending with absolutely no cash	PEMBROKE
Woman shifting soil	LOIS