The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - December 17 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,236 - Dec 17 2019 

Clues	Answers
Be in power shower, by the sound of it	REIGN
Bearing gifts for the listener	PRESENCE
Bird food	PORRIDGE
Compass needle moving right to the start	RANGE
Composer with sign of hesitation -- piece could be removed from here	HOLSTER
Cook in US: I've no clue about the French type of cooking	NOUVELLECUISINE
Dull relative? That is very impolite, ultimately	RELIEVE
England player perhaps cheers -- not out, skipper!	CAPTAIN
Euro result isn't fantastic -- embracing America is a risky game to play	RUSSIANROULETTE
Evil spirits disturbed Slough	GHOULS
Golf club missing head, say	UTTER
Hand over alcohol -- it'll help when leaving the EU	PASSPORT
Her pilot, up in the air, wanting love? This could help	PHILTRE
Hide status? No time	CACHE
Is losing first hair? Editor's anxious	STRESSED
Makes a request of one eating fruit? On the contrary	APPLIES
More coarse fish almost about to return	RUDER
Most of a piece of cake eaten by poor farm workers	PEASANTS
Nip inside branch for business chat	SHOPTALK
Occupy Vietnam? US endeavoured, to an extent	AMUSE
One who gives talks about parking next to European driver	OPERATOR
Red mark lethal? Not half!	SCARLET
Regularly acts in that place	THEATRE
Separation, to a lion, is upsetting	ISOLATION
Shame about a Republican's correspondence	PARITY
Shooting pain's beginning in gardening activity	SPEEDING
Starts where thespians might be	ONSETS
Still following the Spanish team	ELEVEN
Thought son cut speed round the bend	SUSPECTED
Went to bed really missing friend and bored	RETIRED