The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,406 - Apr 20 2017

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Clues Answers
'Mellow Yellow'? SOFT
A crime engineered by a country AMERICA
Actors for each previous scene, initially PERFORMERS
Ancient civilisation taxes businesses INDUSTRIES
Came first or came after? SUCCEEDED
Disadvantage to lose top copy IMITATION
Divine being female! GODDESS
Exchanged the bras for pants BREATHS
Felicity's mouth organ is roughly pitched? FLUNG
Fifty per cent of ex-cons applied to be let off EXCUSED
Floods in Somerset I'd escaped TIDES
Former lover I left, meeting European in bar EXILE
Former prison abutting part of hospital in capital EXCELLENT
Ham and game served up -- a friend looks down on that AMATEUR
I hand out cards best IDEAL
Indifferent ale -- turn groggy NEUTRAL
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Irritating proverb we're told SORE
Jockey's dire, thrown before start of race RIDER
Kid's toy gun's broken with little hesitation YOUNGSTER
Locked up composer with daughter CAGED
Medic purchasing green colour scheme DECOR
More corrupt detective runs bank DIRTIER
Offers from artist to leave extra borders EXTENDS
Pastures made from marijuana plants GRASSLANDS
Perks with scary novel that has lots of American's stories SKYSCRAPER
Recipe class given by university west of Los Angeles FORMULA
Returns what you're looking for? ANSWERS
Vehicle returned at eleven TAXI
Viper with new tail attached ADDED
Went in hospital department with foot in bandage and inflamed ENTERED
When lids should be closed? BEDTIME
Where men might eat dog's dinner MESS