The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Bright in initially crowded bar CLEVER
Currer, Ellis & Acton's record? THETHREEBELLS
Detectives essentially separate DISPERSE
Expert touring city in desert DEFECT
Fish bones across middle of jetty STURGEON
I trust an eccentric, one espousing nudity NATURIST
Loyalty programme? Form of realism I injected AIRMILES
New rope I ordered to hold large overhead cable, perhaps POWERLINE
Paul, grandmaster, some risk-taker, Estonian KERES
Problem affecting services? TENNISELBOW
Really popular outcome INEFFECT
Sleeveless garment -- team's leader is after one SINGLET
Spooner's a lot more complex? Crazy HAYWIRE
Still time to produce result EVENT
Temperature fine for Hungarian wine TOKAY
£25, say, for mail service long ago PONYEXPRESS
Straighten out former nurse EXTEND
ROUGH ROUTE, REPORTEDLY COARSE
Like appeals close to umpire PLEASE
Stubborn stain to be treated OBSTINATE
TAKE IN SYNOPSIS DIGEST
Assistance provided by government -- its data broadcast about energy STATEAID