December 1 2018 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,911

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,911 - Dec 1 2018

Clues	Answers
Bishop began to perambulate about area round seat	BEANBAG
Boat wrecked along with boarding party	GONDOLA
Camp and quietly avant-garde?	PARTY
Caught in sort of treason, son reveals those at top of tree	ANCESTORS
Combat between people with no arms, paradoxically	FISTFIGHT
Corrosion is gathering about people of the country	RUSTICS
Did box of extra diamonds to be worn by Queen	SPARRED
Discontent on the rise in Shanghai, unnervingly	ENNUI
Envelopes for the rest of those canvassed	SLEEPINGBAGS
Gripping thing -- works OK until it's inserted!	SPANNER
Lettered representative such as MP, AM, MLA or MSP?	ABBREVIATION
Minister's responsibility to penetrate revolutionary turmoil of tropics	PORTFOLIO
Old record book in which the writer's found archetype	EPITOME
One makes nut roast using bizarre cooking	BRAZIER

Clues	Answers
Press cancel evidence of broken engagement	RINGOFF
Principal tip the compiler's used over tension	HEADMISTRESS
Protective cover for biography, apparently one's occasionally needed when bathing	LIFEGUARD
Reflecting if hosts fancy such a flower	FUCHSIA
Reluctant to miss opening a poet's work	VERSE
Reserves -- fuel that lies beneath what lies beneath	SUBSOIL
Resolution made by idiot, endlessly confident	CLOSURE
Rock oldie that's a family favourite? It's backed with energy	GRANITE
Single out with guitar that's groundbreaking	PICKAXE
Smooth, mature -- when 16 discovered heavy metal	IRONAGE
Stop being faithful	STAUNCH
Tourist's old cap crushed by wild punch	HOLIDAYMAKER
Traps located around small homes, mostly above ground level	NESTS
True misbehaving among French no little matter	NEUTRON