The Telegraph - Cryptic - June 27 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Jun 27 2017

Clues	Answers
'Some alcohol!' I belligerently slur	LIBEL
A bit of a brew? One tries to avoid stir	TEALEAF
A European god embraced by American writers	AUTHORS
Amusing to get rid of large boor	PEASANT
Build and demolish, we're told	RAISE
Craft, if prepared, provides transport illegally	TRAFFIC
Crane is poisoned -- with this?	ARSENIC
Dead tired?	BREATHLESS
Demanding detail	PARTICULAR
Descartes perhaps backing principle's revival	RENEWAL
Entertainers almost cocky in front of previous head of state	PERFORMERS
Fat-free drink here?	LOCAL
Female poorly making jam	FILL
Flower expert removing head	ASTER
Former nobleman -- one with the Queen	EARLIER
Friendly group you and I should enter	SWEET

 

Clues	Answers
I see MP has exotic accent	EMPHASISE
Jerks getting hold of a court's plans	TACTICS
Luxury car missing second wheel	ROLL
Manager left in regret before start of relegation	RULER
Musicians offering choir a rest if one joins in	ORCHESTRA
Old hat initially tarnished ceremony	TRITE
Order agents to infiltrate City? On the contrary	SPECIES
Painful condition I caught after school, ignoring the odds	COLIC
Pirate caught wife	CRIB
Policeman runs holding up abandoned diamonds	OFFICER
Reprobate left single beer tin for recycling	LIBERTINE
Rome on the rise -- gripping for a leader such as Nero	EMPEROR
Shaken after meal -- I had to embrace that woman!	FLOURISHED
Trump measure creates upset	CAPSIZE
Views looking north and south	SEES
Wife is lean -- it works to reduce this?	WAISTLINE