The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - Aug 17 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

Clues	Answers
Adult allowed to wear most of these jumpers?	ATHLETES
American swallowing nothing? On the contrary, one's probably hammered	NAIL
Artist father's gone to bury	INTER
At home with Brazilian money -- pity penny's missing, actually	INREALITY
Combs over regularly -- it gets blown in the wind	OBOE
Commitment from kings and queens perhaps beginning to change direction	LOYALTY
Demolish half of Rhodes, ancient city	DESTROY
End of lockdown too soon? Virtually	NEARLY
Enough lace is prepared for seat	CHAISELONGUE
Friend in European city follows daughter, mum or dad?	PALINDROME
Game writer heading off to purchase container	CRIBBAGE
God -- a church answer for something that makes everything better	PANACEA
Government plot is deviously taking in one Conservative	POLITICS
Hate delta on eastern river	DETEST
Hostility from Tyson -- I am mad boxing him, at heart	ANIMOSITY
Initially often overheard pronouncement, say, with a bloomer?	OOPSADAISY
Large animal opposite brook	POLARBEAR
Massage report's sure captivating son -- it reduces wrinkles	TROUSERPRESS
Measure flag	STANDARD
Monkey with one's food	SCAMPI
New lamp left off, producing hours of darkness	NIGHT
One in favour of the Queen's new crimson hat	MONARCHIST
One perhaps makes you ring author	GOLDSMITH
Purses out, rushed to find shop	SUPERSTORE
Relative picked up hot snack	NOSH
River at the bottom of low uncultivated land	MOOR
Scandinavian almost admits criminal must refuse job	DUSTMAN
Somewhat dim or talentless human being	MORTAL
Wally distastefully pens upsetting poem	IDYLL
Writer's novel I want	TWAIN