The Telegraph Cryptic puzzle clues 2017 Dec 14

• American writer close to Walt Whitman? Crossword Clue
• Cold and idle hanging around small corridor Crossword Clue
• Dated being in severe trouble Crossword Clue
• Donations following ends of priest's hymns Crossword Clue
• Don't leer horribly, it's suggestive Crossword Clue
• Fantastic bird returns calls for drinks Crossword Clue
• Fish settle around top of ice Crossword Clue
• Grass due to face time trapping bloke Crossword Clue
• Illegal activity, in the main Crossword Clue
• Individuals doing little except remain sedentary initially Crossword Clue
• Introduction is formal meeting the Queen Crossword Clue
• Iron outside of tie for party Crossword Clue
• King, nearly everybody scoffed about King Crossword Clue
• King nearly takes unoccupied pieces Crossword Clue
• Like former US President missing old state Crossword Clue
• Look, part of leg limps excessively Crossword Clue
• Obstinacy recanting sin about embracing sweetheart Crossword Clue
• One maturing at manoeuvres, revealing logic Crossword Clue
• Practically gone with inert vaporised gas Crossword Clue
• Presenters like to accept new job cut Crossword Clue
• Pub encounters ordeal regularly finding keg Crossword Clue
• Rakish, the Parisian stifling cry of pain Crossword Clue
• Repeated sex considered to include love finally Crossword Clue
• Spread betting odds before final? Crossword Clue
• Tapers point on pointed missiles Crossword Clue
• Teacher's expression of disapproval over arithmetic, perhaps Crossword Clue
• The man's agitation seeing Jennifer Lopez, for example Crossword Clue
• The same pattern, retaining knot (hitch) applied evenly Crossword Clue
• Time is pressing? Crossword Clue
• Unit in action, late Crossword Clue