December 26 2018 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,931 - Dec 26 2018 Clues and Answers

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,931 - Dec 26 2018

Clues	Answers
A sign of excitement after 6?	AUSPICE
Addresses allowances under head of organisation	ORATIONS
Backups needing check because of seals	REINFORCEMENTS
Birthday gift given with loud and offensive anger?	FRANKINCENSE
Chap employed in oil, mostly -- must be one from the Middle East	OMANI
Current offering	PRESENT
Fill in forms at elections	SATE
Good rule to be broken for porridge	GRUEL
Heavy metal, Queen and 'The Boss'	LEADER
Hesitated, conned about time in this place	DITHERED
I reportedly cast aspersions on European	ICELANDER
Immediately suspicious of supporting voting system	PRONTO
Intense fire spread over church	FIERCE
Journey that sees magi gripe, worried about length?	PILGRIMAGE

Clues	Answers
Married prince returned without a birthday gift	MYRRH
Money paid to people at bar for drinks	REFRESHERS
Notice a sport played with such plug-in devices	ADAPTORS
Open one looking embarrassed and needing sleep	OVERTIRED
Put on openers -- absurdly easy, pinching runs for ages	DONKEYSYEARS
Short and stressed needing change of heart	TERSE
Song that's needed for 'The Snowman'?	WHITECHRISTMAS
Sort of window the French put outside room	LATTICE
Superficial application made by players after water shortage discovered	ROUGHCAST
The man in confusion gets engaged	MESHES
The night after 1/11?	TWELFTH
Traders in French sea shanties	MERCHANTS
Trunk sent back with diamonds and precious metal	GOLD
When Christmas arrives part of hospital becomes unseemly	INDECENT