The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - Oct 8 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,489 - October 8 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
7 freely available	ONTAP
African in short garment meeting girl from Cardiff?	TUNISIAN
Angry bit of writing making one beam	CROSSPIECE
Basic assumptions when housing soldiers in accommodation units	TENEMENTS
Escape is fast with little time wasted	FLEE
Fierce animal? Nonsense!	BULL
Giant also represented in a longing for things past	NOSTALGIA
I am needing bit of time, behind schedule -- sacrifice to be made	IMMOLATE
Image conjured by small literary house	LITHO
Kind of drunk hanging round end of bar	SORT
Leader of theatre wanting famous playwright maybe to provide material	TWILL
Like climbing plant barely covering study	SCANDENT
Members' entrances	ARMHOLES
Mineral not fake guy brought up	REALGAR
Noise of complaint increased in the auditorium	GROAN
Not entirely calm, one rushed old hospital worker	ALMONER
One missing out -- gets nearer, but not number one	LOSER
One offering news in separate bits!	COMPASS
Point when bug penetrates fruit tree	TANGERINE
Religious instruction that could be schematic	CATECHISM
Rows in which insect may hide at the bottom of e.g. plants	EGLANTINES
See clan destroyed in purge	CLEANSE
Shine as good little creatures in a group	GLITTER
Smell getting round -- grim!	ODOUR
Some reckless pedestrians belted along	SPED
Sponsor sporting venue in the circumstances	BACKGROUND
Stories told originally when having drinks in pubs?	TALES
Survive in garments designed for all winds and weathers?	OUTWEAR
Synthetic material shown by model in illustration	PLASTIC
Vessels, any number operating to the north day and night	NONSTOP
Woman's essay has editor bemused	DISTRACTED
Yearn to have little old Christmas show	PANTO