The Telegraph CRYPTIC May 8 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,358 - May 8 2020 - Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
... it is featured in retro street musical	EVITA
About fifty, one is plain absent-minded	OBLIVIOUS
Catch up with rest of fiction (popular)	LIEIN
Days of old power studied for big corporation	MIDDLEAGESPREAD
Eastern Fleet being shelled will swallow tax boost	ELEVATE
Famous Italian represented cardinal on video	LEONARDODAVINCI
House-keeping? It could be a flat occupation	TENANCY
Idiots upset MP in reshuffle	MUPPETS
In a bad way in Spain, very unwell, variable	EVILLY
Irish pool staff, small and large, getting into party drink and food	PLOUGHMANSLUNCH
Kind of French clubs with dodgy casino Romeo inhabits	CORSICAN
Last act of Jesus -- Son, in case uncertain?	ASCENSION
Lilac rim on yam's inside reveals bitterness	ACRIMONY
Male detective with hound following Joe Bloggs?	TOMDICKANDHARRY
More bananas showing a higher number of speckles	DOTTIER
One has faith one will go far	PILGRIM
Personal accident cover, with strings attached	APRON
Poem about place of fantasy ...	ODEON
Retail confused lies about English artist's place in Paris?	ATELIER
Rip up root for replanting, leaving petals in a bowl?	POTPOURRI
Rough National Trust walk ahead	STRIDENT
Sack's covering penny or something in river	RAPIDS
Second bird, one from America originally	MOHAWK
Stood for flipping parade -- tone-deaf taking part	DENOTED
Take in case of broken limb being blue	DOWNCAST
There's always a lapse before it's read	RIOTACT
Threaten prankster with death	IMPEND
Venomous African country midge bites unknown number	MALIGNANT