Independent.co.uk Cryptic - 24 February 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Independent.co.uk Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solutions - 24 Feb 2018 

Clues	Answers
BBC boss is fool to seize Ecstasy found in Blowers' trunks	BUDGIE SMUGGLERS
Clam: water shifts one into hold	QUAHAUG
Completely freeze, giving address in Clerkenwell?	ICE UP
Deerstalker perhaps worn by tiddly Irish rector - is he sorry to have put it on?	HAIRSHIRT
During refurb, Black Lion invests ton for highly-sought-after bed	DOUBLE TOP
Fine theatre job, exquisite	FOP
Flag of St George? It's what we're taught	STANDARD ENGLISH
Fox won't go on ark with fly, I will	KNOW A THING OR TWO
Going in the appropriate direction, Joe's joined the rowing crew	EIGHT
Greek consumed by past grief	AGGRO
Hollow spaces in European trains	ANTRA
I'm the champion Frenchman who directed retrospective parody	IMITATION
Nervously go in a wood	NGAIO
Not e.g. a fry-up of baked beans with beluga? Queen tucks in	BUBLE AND SQUEAK
One floating top new play parts	LILY PAD
Saw a little chap fishing in the garden	GNOME
Shocking cuts raise digit by a point, roughly as predicted	UP TO EXPECTATION
Unfortunate case in which tip for memorising assists	AMNESIC
Unsweetened French coffee revolutionising tea? We hear it's true	BRUTE FACT
Wanting initially to be green	OLIVE
What you must have to fully comprehen viewe backgroun?	DEPTH PERCEPTION
When tile falls off for no good reason?	AT THE DROP OF A HAT
With no strategy in place, plane trees rot	EYEWASH
Work a bit at her enunciation?	ELIZA