The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
It's confusing how to make duck smaller yet bigger ADDLING
Sudden movement scared youngster SPRINGCHICKEN
Second of pirates person at sea enlists ROPESIN
Heard harsh argument about king's scholarly assignment COURSEWORK
Speak about current surgical speciality position ORIENTATE
Trash receptacle seen in Parisian station? GARBAGE
Place to eat starters of cornbread and free-range eggs CAFE
Crew prepare before last of folk board on ship GANGPLANK
Pleasant-sounding American entering phoney claim MUSICAL
Declined eating hot piece of meat SHANK
Regularly ignored show in French you reviewed is broadcast GOESOUT
Iron edges of light fabric FELT
Agent before noon on road travelling to collect fish AMBASSADOR
Sorting hierarchical positions of soldiers, knight and monarch RANKING
Hollowed out chunky squash plant CYPRESS
First to leave ship lane ALLEY
Outline tale I need to adapt DELINEATE
Bird's woeful cry going round Margate occasionally WAGTAIL
Number exposed affair EVENT
Surface of loo roll absorbs FLOOR
Become fond of job making carpet TAKETOTASK
Reportedly, London gangsters rage CRAZE
Run revolutionary European business TRADE
Fish breed, we're told RAYS
Card game modelled after patience originally having no competitors UNOPPOSED