January 21 2019 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,953 - Jan 21 2019 Answer

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,953 - Jan 21 2019

Clues	Answers
A leading orchestra too	ALSO
A trek's leader packing cross and lucky charm	AMULET
Acquire leverage	PURCHASE
At home, and abroad to some extent	INAWAY
Bird's loud -- a large rook	FALCON
Briefly declare American position	STATUS
Cartoon character, American caretaker on staff	SUPERMAN
Celebrities one should shame, being out of order	HOUSEHOLDNAMES
Envoy, say, entering behind schedule	LEGATE
Generally known matter, so pretence silly	OPENSECRET
Keep cards close to chest after experience with the old man	STANDPAT
Leader in soap opera	POPE
Lose one's nerve parking? Sadly I can	PANIC
LSD (small quantity) in sweet	ACIDDROP

Clues	Answers
Not busy on the house	FREE
Passage in a play ultimately showing indifference	APATHY
Prisoner initially quiet in cage in police station	COPSHOP
Row over new material	LINEN
Sack accountant heirs corrupted	CASHIER
Sailor needing to achieve objective	TARGET
Single man, composer, retired character	BACHELOR
Socially crass female follower returned	NAFF
Tabloid editor after right lead	REDTOP
Track gates rattling -- lass unsettled crossing street	STARTINGSTALLS
TV detective on force, having broken ground rule, is sorry	REMORSEFUL
Very important reviewer, a librettist originally	CRITICAL
Wanting to lay hands on missing book	LESS
Young person drinking litres in nightspot	CLUB