The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 612 - Jul 13 2020

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'Contract' – a card game ABRIDGE
Ambassador briefly produces certificate DIPLOMA
Bond following mostly American NEXUS
Bosom buddy may give a talk on English head of state ACHATES
Cheap flat TASTELESS
Colour of excellent street guide TOPAZ
Comic opera do: Cava and tropical fruit AVOCADOPEAR
Commended as foremost of paintings put up PRAISED
Completely disorganised having broken limb – chaos! SHAMBOLIC
Constant tease in bed CRIB
Crosby, say, joining Oscar in game BINGO
Crosby, say, taking short cut to Reno, going west CROONER
Emperor beginning to try on new suit TITUS
Emperor in Wagner opera NERO
Enemy leader of old, iron-clad? FOE
Errand boy committing crime leaving minister's house PARSONAGE
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Family from Pennsylvania decline to accept lease PARENTAGE
Fielder's mistake SLIP
Foul shot on the baize, maybe – or maybe not INOFF
Great pleasure of daughter leading rowing crew across lake DELIGHT
Inadvertent mistake concerning vision OVERSIGHT
Join a female following team making a comeback AFFIX
Lie-abed, unknown character in ballad with doctor LAZYBONES
Liqueur receipts mistakenly left inside TRIPLESEC
Male in lengthy run in Wagner opera LOHENGRIN
Naughty child inside Blenheim Palace IMP
Of the highest quality, present trophy returned TOPDRAWER
Pioneer, crossword compiler, holding line SETTLER
Sign of growth to the south of island in the Tyrrhenian Sea CAPRICORN
Top Italian novelist died in resort area south of Boston CAPECOD
Unable to move quickly FAST
What a criminal justice system represents, warden, a lord, broadcast LAWANDORDER