The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 01 04

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Unexpected, a western missing out on Oscar ACCIDENTAL
Playing bugle, Don in club BLUDGEON
British head of church absorbed by such a dissolute god BACCHUS
Complain about bum rap CARP
Stock of wine merchant picked up CELLAR
Assistant in a small company – easily moved, reportedly ACOLYTE
Tasteless cool sauce is sent back INSIPID
Small body of land one's leased ISLET
Stone rich wife shed in secret STEALTHY
Game spoiled lovely social function VOLLEYBALL
Dawn and English band in book GENESIS
PLAY PATIENCE TOLERANCE
Very frightened, head of security was worried over dead body SCAREDSTIFF
Petty sergeant-major everybody disliked SMALLMINDED
Fern in Madeira spread across hotel MAIDENHAIR
Oil painting, American, Vassar houses CANVAS
First of runners entering dog track TRAIL
The very same change in dialect IDENTICAL
Respect given eastern power in speech ESTEEM
Where one may eventually get to see an old film? DARKROOM
Expert teacher of history? PASTMASTER
TV showing chump fight IDIOTBOX
Yellow flower in neat border OXLIP
Page privately heading off SIDE
Novel's plot described by a titled lady ADAMBEDE
Miner's dog runs off COLLIE
Whirlpool: two daughters dropping in extremely eagerly EDDY
Gift of iron bell OFFERING
Pet her lad let loose in large church CATHEDRAL
Small amount of gold, perhaps ELEMENT
Power mad buccaneer PIRATE
See pottery, cracked, in pigeonhole STEREOTYPE
Bucket of friend I put inside PAIL
Drop it in opening of Dominican church DITCH
Car part left in chopper AXLE
Gear to boast about GARB
Sweet alcoholic drink taken by bishop, say BUTTERSCOTCH
Boycotts obsequious clerk, disreputable family member BLACKSHEEP
No men do? HENPARTY
Wager palace upset over short Greek character PLACEABET
US inventor who gave us a lift? OTIS
Beginning to target male bears in rural areas THESTICKS
REVENUE FROM POPULAR SHOW INCOME
Satellite: household name after brief mention TELSTAR
Game birds, all I shot BILLIARDS
Permission to depart LEAVE
Communist bound by firm set of beliefs CREDO