December 6 2018 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,915

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,915 - Dec 6 2018

Clues	Answers
Appreciative response from resistance with independent government dividing country	STANDINGOVATION
Article in Paris South, antique still on the market	UNSOLD
Aware of filling used in oriental dumpling	ONTO
Bird box with commotion beneath	SPARROW
Celebrity, initially learner, in English broadcasts making cakes	ECLAIRS
Chance upon fish shop	BETRAY
Check what might be required for picnic?	HAMPER
Claim place on middle of seat	PLEA
Contend encyclopedia contains bias	TENDENCY
Country men with guns surrounded by barking hounds	HONDURAS
Cut short promotion on book hastily, perhaps	ADVERB
Dodgy woman in German university fencing diamonds fast	Fraudulent
Everything improved at centre managed by multi-talented person	ALLROUNDER
Flood when scoundrel punctures canoe on vacation	CASCADE

Clues	Answers
Guided from base and cut around back of fort	ESCORTED
He painted male garbed at first in orderly attire	MAGRITTE
Meat in seafood he cooked is extremely radical	AHEADOFONESTIME
Minor reprimand as result of make-up misapplication?	SLAPONTHEWRIST
Obvious identification is required in organised activity	EVIDENT
Once more, make love after wine	REDO
Prepared to take away silver in horse competition on day	DRESSED
Ringing plastic surgeon about dad's rear and hip	RESOUNDING
Silly act, that man ran off with bride	FEATHERBRAINED
Spy boss expressed hesitation infiltrating a military group by Eastern Front	MASQUERADE
Surge of water with hail	WAVE
Tango casually, holding daughter, being a bit squiffy	TIDDLY
Warned treadle is unreliable	ALERTED
Was eating female monarch's biscuits	WAFERS