The Telegraph - Cryptic - October 9 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Oct 9 2017 

Clues	Answers
A hot rod driver	RIVETER
Area of Israeli city	ACRE
Bands of gold put on box by artists	ORCHESTRAS
Board contest that calls for a series of counter-moves	LUDO
Branch member	LIMB
CIA and RAF in collusion? A film was made out of it	AFRICA
Dialect around the Kremlin?	CITADEL
Eastern agent gets notice	ESPY
Ecstatic, heading off madly to make plans	TACTICS
Exclude from French licensed premises	DEBAR
Extravaganza composed to entertain WWI troops?	ANZAC
Found and thrown out	CAST
Genuine hard work -- to the lions anyhow	HONESTTOIL
Giving up work and going to bed	RETIREMENT
Going home and staying in?	HOUSEBOUND
Have some sense, charge learner	FEEL

 

Clues	Answers
I had to stand in line -- it's neater	TIDIER
Infuriated when pact with police is broken	APOPLECTIC
Keen to show hesitation about decline?	EAGER
Listener gains two points and makes money	EARNS
Long-running TV programme possibly needs a rest	EASTENDERS
Made a claim that should be upheld	MAINTAINED
One's choice will get cross	ELECTOR
One's success may be in the balance	ACROBAT
Paper required that's first edition	TISSUE
Perform in the theatre?	OPERATE
Some at school may hoard tuck	EATS
Step on it before the opening	DOORMAT
Team endlessly receiving rising cheers gets lift	ELEVATE
Temple altar, perhaps, inlaid with sort of nacre	TABERNACLE
Undermine brat with look	IMPAIR
Vagrant joins fireside circle	HOBO