The Telegraph CRYPTIC July 2 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,717 - Jul 2 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
... in which it helps to have this arrogance?	HIGHHANDEDNESS
After crashing: 'Leave, ET -- get uplift!'	ELEVATE
Bit of music -- not the first time it's done with a hook	CROCHET
Do escape church	FLEECE
Family Golf giving dull sound	CLANG
Field marshal whose targets are rather woolly?	SHEEPDOG
Gasped out loud: maybe dog's set about duck	SIDESTEP
Habit into which one might slip when retiring?	NIGHTGOWN
Had a row with a communist -- nothing starting it	OARED
Hot rod features -- one's unreadable	POKERFACE
In Paris, the routine article is put over as genuine	NATURAL
Jewel keeps winking, perhaps it's a kind of illusion	OPTICAL
Model bored wearing campaign's clothes	WARDROBES
Motored from Kiev or Dusseldorf, heading north	DROVE
Nutters arranged to get put in charge	ENTRUST
Offensive video maybe about a band of electricians?	INSULATINGTAPE
One pretends one owns a chair	PROFESSOR
People who might make grand arrival?	GENTRY
Pride of person who detests being given uniform on two occasions	HAUTEUR
Raw fuel that could make you cheeky, breaking wind	CRUDEOIL
Significant number held up party game ...	NETBALL
Small animal looks discontented? Looks very discontented!	SCOWLS
Stressful situation -- one shouldn't let off steam	PRESSURECOOKER
Strong cider best until tipsy	INDESTRUCTIBLE
Top individual, leader of gang	CAPONE
Upper-class snake caught finally as killer down under	UBOAT
Wasp he researched gathers in fields	SPHERES
What comes before play in pool -- urge to swim	PROLOGUE