February 20 2019 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,979 - Feb 20 2019 Puzzle Solution

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,979 - Feb 20 2019 Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
A medical professional contracted to cover hospital for a specific purpose	ADHOC
All the best gold used to plate stamp	ADIEU
Call for help stocking supplement for dull and boring people	SADDOS
Close up before crowd fragment	POTSHERD
Crime that strangely must keep one school subject	ARITHMETIC
Dispensable after ignoring writers with small handicaps	DISABLES
European flower west of Hamburg	IRISH
Golf article on notice for twenty-four hours	ROUNDTHECLOCK
Grass residue is found in two hotels	HASHISH
Keen -- before rehearsal shows cheating	SHARPPRACTICE
Left amongst friends becomes less interesting	PALLS
Loads of hair worn up in a ball	ABUNDANCE
Musicians from south are inclined to tour Mediterranean island	STEELBAND
Name a fool after the second of April	PATRICK

Clues	Answers
Passage that's right in bar	EXCERPT
Policeman confronting the girl's love for Batman perhaps	SUPERHERO
Politician's order regularly placed with landlord	REPUBLICAN
Prisoner regrets crossing street, and explains	CONSTRUES
Put a stop to golf after the girl's affair	SHEBANG
Repeats, needing time for Planck's first formulae	RECIPES
Sales spiel must start late and cause irritation	ITCH
Shipping line artist	PAINTER
Sources of energy topped up in case	ETUI
Sport's first couple present field	SPHERE
Suffers since one's confined by nurse turning up	AGONISES
The drink of a married woman who's educated?	AMRITA
Unexpected results from leading groups	UPSETS
Use this in garden and expect to receive fresh pies	HOSEPIPE