The Telegraph Cryptic puzzle clues 2021 Aug 26

• A reason for empty chairs in our country? Crossword Clue
• Asian fellows taken in by heretic Crossword Clue
• Bone in fish -- meal putting me off Crossword Clue
• Boy's story probed by a theologian Crossword Clue
• Bridge partner of North facing censure Crossword Clue
• Cleric involved in secret sin immediately shown up Crossword Clue
• Close friend -- solitary, it's said, facing position of defeat Crossword Clue
• Country singer returned offering a few notes maybe Crossword Clue
• Deliverer of goods tricks uninformed worker needing dispatch Crossword Clue
• Fusses, there being a list of upcoming jobs? Crossword Clue
• Game with helpful person endlessly offering set of rules Crossword Clue
• Heads condemning wrong decided on a new course of action? Crossword Clue
• It's certainly not helping mother, getting old Crossword Clue
• Maureen is on phone -- somewhere for overnight stay needed Crossword Clue
• Odd bits of old material specially fashioned for customer Crossword Clue
• One fellow helping another at an American match Crossword Clue
• Plant knocked over in dark office Crossword Clue
• Polish or north European language being heard Crossword Clue
• Pollution maybe from industry Crossword Clue
• Power one observed in catty type leading a new church Crossword Clue
• Scottish poet, not the first, to make pots Crossword Clue
• Single old females escape for adventure perhaps Crossword Clue
• Something indistinct and black that may be on book's cover Crossword Clue
• Sound coming through the mouth? Through the ear! Crossword Clue
• Strip of metal or wood to chuck outside Crossword Clue
• Trick needed with very good sea food Crossword Clue
• Unhealthy group erred, from what we hear and see Crossword Clue
• We will be not half embarrassed and polite Crossword Clue
• You'd want me in an emergency? I'd let you down! Crossword Clue