The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - Sep 16 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph Puzzle - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,470 - September 16 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Amusing short story about me and dodgy cardinal	FUNDAMENTAL
Article seized by rioting Crimean national	AMERICAN
Blitz auction held outside hotel	SHELL
Bride must ignore free thank you letter from abroad	BETA
Briefly describes unpopular ranges	OUTLINES
Bring on again, curiously providing cover	INCUR
Chap that reinvented a new drink	MANHATTAN
City is unusually blunt about answer	ISTANBUL
Energy limit applied to work procedure	OPERATION
Fiend must be upset about 5, and soaked through	INFUSED
Friend stifling a tear will get such responsibilities	PARENTAL
Grooms may see horses eating mints initially	COMBS
Instrument that measures current pollution described by new phrase	SEISMOGRAPH
Lose one's rag before long, being facetious	FLIPPANT
Loud cries from elite on board ship	SCREAMS
Nothing on brawl about two teas reportedly -- result of broken eggs?	OMELETTE
Obscure diet once developed by head of research	RECONDITE
Predicament coming after record congestion	LOGJAM
Protein supplied by doctor's patient at home	CASEIN
Quietly speak in support of Argentinian lady and disappear	EVAPORATE
Refuse and go off depressed	TURNDOWN
Resolute Republican blocking fighter on the way up	GRIM
Sauce sent up with a fine dish of rice	PILAF
So-called oilman works under one without protection	NOMINAL
Supporter is interrupting scrap	JOIST
Test on area of the chamber	ATRIAL
Types welcoming power games	SPORTS
Wind up, seeing deficit reversed in seedy club!	DISSOLVE
Writers can be terrible nags	HACKS
Wrongly distribute millions before one's agreement	MISDEAL