The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - December 26 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solution

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,243 - Dec 26 2019  

Clues	Answers
Antipodean island small, it's said	KIWI
Call up the night before to gain permission	EVOKE
Card player's net assets oddly going missing	EAST
Cold gent upset with penny lolly in cracker	Crispbread
Constant fiddling with lenses worn by daughter	ENDLESS
Diamonds disappear, five removed from German neighbour	DANISH
Fish container I note flipped over	HALIBUT
Gave written consent in bank with defeatist manner	RESIGNEDLY
Lie back with fine punch	BIFF
Make attempt to tuck into chutney after top's removed	ESTABLISH
Money making constant part of temptation	LUCRE
Naturalist close to Greta Thunberg too nervous	ATTENBOROUGH
No good in breaking each nail __ try another way	CHANGETACK
One caught intercepting award for examination	MEDICAL
Part of cycle lane, hard ground comprising bitumen, primarily	HANDLEBAR
Parts of newspaper in Welsh decoded after time	TWELFTHS
Reptiles they don't take away	ADDERS
Set learner with support	LAID
Set up company with new person	CONFIGURE
Shell from Costa Rica, ordinary to ignore in sightseer's drawer	CARICATURIST
Shrill South American native starts to call help, yelling	SCREECHY
Small beside six-footer, a delivery-man	SANTA
Some layabout I question to find shop	BOUTIQUE
Suffering long way on south-eastern railway	MISERY
Sweet-talk head of casting over a part __ Juliet, not Romeo	CAJOLE
Temporary accommodation had scrap strewn about	CRASHPAD
The latest coming up: European Union and government	VOGUE
Tongue brought back to prepare oneself with meal	YIDDISH
Trustworthy, senior to directors	ABOVEBOARD
Turning over headwear before measuring	CAPSIZING