The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,405 - Apr 19 2017

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A card game needing small contracts ABRIDGES
Accept fans going topless for such commercial putsches TAKEOVERS
Almost suggest poem and go off IMPLODE
Bury's at home -- they're missing regulars INTER
Come onto the scene in a contemporary broadcast APPEAR
Discard from East, covered by spades, hearts and diamonds SHED
Fishing-boat's single mistake, foregoing Southern relish SMACKSONESLIPS
Flower girl finally out of bed and home LUPIN
Hack crossing Portugal gets place on front page? SPLASH
Is Columbus in a state with no black R&B? SOULMUSIC
Lead actor set to return for new business venture STARTUP
Leak from former lover you heard? Desperate, showing no heart EXUDE
Left to cover start of cricket, energised EXCITED
Look up drink in Japan as memento KEEPSAKE
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Old crowd rises to offer praise EXTOL
Physical outcome for which runners perhaps pay? ATHLETESFOOT
Protector ultimately failing a new supporter's pledge GUARANTEE
Reduce without a second order DECREE
Refrain from mounting pictures in support of staff MANTRA
Sanctimonious bunch suppressed by international high-flier TESTPILOT
Shortages damage large towns SCARCITIES
Shuts short road after hospital's lucky escape CLOSESHAVE
Stone circle parking area east of Argyll OPAL
Tangoes wildly in front of the audience ONSTAGE
The tar developed during cooking is overwhelming BREATHTAKING
Transparency of woman hugging loveless idiot LUCIDITY
Varied options must include one job POSITION
Walk through the law CONSTITUTIONAL