The Telegraph CRYPTIC May 12 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph Puzzle - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,361 - May 12 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Affected by bacteria round top of commode? One's not convinced	SCEPTIC
Circle, or segment	ORBIT
Does their work make them go totally up the wall?	PLASTERERS
Either way, it's a careless mistake	BOOB
Embroiled in conflict, some draw tanks retreating	ATWAR
Emerge with a pay increase	ARISE
Fine case in which footballers might be seen?	PENALTYBOX
Firmly fix length of wood, blue	BATTENDOWN
Go it alone and the sky's the limit!	FLYSOLO
Losing time, walk to find way up?	RAMP
Nightie e.g. in centre of bed, tangled with leg	NEGLIGEE
One barking, not loudly, could be Romeo?	WOOER
Period that's quiet in trade	SPELL
Plonk! Put down for discussion and heard complaint	TABLEWINE
Praise former tax cut	EXTOL
Pressure as Balkan approaches unknown man in the street?	PASSERBY
Problem when Queen leaves, creating fuss	STINK
Pulled, when cross-dressed?	DRAGGED
Runners touch, with third (or fourth) moving into first place	SKIS
Sailor heads north for lake	TARN
Short delay after call, then fix old radio	CRYSTALSET
Sort of headgear to use when one is smoking?	STOVEPIPE
Soundly pack timber for this expensive china	WEDGWOOD
Swell railway: just the place for a doctor	SURGERY
Terrible income, so finally choose to save	ECONOMISE
They're authorised to certify stuff: not something to do with astrology	NOTARIES
Tito again in turmoil, showing nervousness	AGITATION
Two females: one employed to herd cattle	COWGIRL
Unusually gifted, initially schoolboy is restless	FIDGETS
Used to be tense, discontented? Rubbish!	WASTE
Was ruler pelted, as stated?	REIGNED
Who might waste a lot of time serving people?	WAITERS