The Telegraph CRYPTIC Apr 7 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,331 - April 7 2020 - Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
After half a day, openers can be animals	MONKEYS
Begin second pastry	START
Best 1500m runner preserves energy	CREAM
Bittern evidently eating another bird	ERNE
Blackbeard maybe wanting head hacked off	IRATE
Boris Johnson imprisoned by Queen -- it altered things	EQUIPMENT
Builds decrepit cars in Spain? Just the opposite	CREATES
Car from European country	ESTATE
Caught unfortunately hugging large soprano	CALLAS
Draw bat without black grip	ATTRACTION
Drug-taker's ploy -- run to the back	USER
House could be this busy	OCCUPIED
Jumbo perhaps moved ear over tree	AEROPLANE
Looked at assessment and longed to leave quietly	EXAMINED
Most gloomy shoot -- describing Ken Loach film	DARKEST
Negotiate to bury editor in church	INTERCEDE
Neither vessel at sea avoiding current, despite everything	NEVERTHELESS
One who designs endless list	INVENTOR
Out of one's mind?	FORGOTTEN
Parliament advice? It's regularly ignored	DIET
RAF accepts new rocket?	SPACECRAFT
Rich, that woman's relatives	FATHERS
Runs ballot, taking on board female's opinion	REFLECTION
Small baby, on paper, is most cute	SWEETEST
So -- losing old lock generates anxiety	STRESS
So, Conservative only quietens rebels after one leaves	CONSEQUENTLY
Student scoffed right after that	LATER
Take care of silver in bushy head of hair	MANAGE
Temperature on earth changing and last of life, in conclusion, is endangered	THREATENED
Upset by setter's first clues	TIPS