Sun Tel Cryptic 2698

[jenniferd]

15d Storyteller held up in act, no longer on track(8) ?E???L?D
21d Like some Asians, that is, endlessly getting together(4) T??? Is it THAI?
19d State of a canal - on your head be it(6) ?O?A??

[frugalfred]

21d yes, Tha(t) i(s)

[sandyRoe]

19 boater?
Thai is OK. tha(t) i(s)

[frugalfred]

19d Panama (hat and canal)

[sandyRoe]

derailed?

[Oldred]

15d de rail ed

[sandyRoe]

panama is better ^

[frugalfred]

15 derailed (LIAR reversed in Deed)

[jenniferd]

Thank you. I had WORKHOUSES instead of PACKHORSES for 20a for no reason except that it was the only word the On-Line dictionary gave me that would fit. Couldn't work out the reasoning though!!
24a Woollen cloth that's good in short jacket (6) A?G?R? Presume this is ANGORA

[Lie-in King]

Yes, 'Angora' - 'g(ood)' (in) 'anora(k)'

[emeritus]

Yes Angora

Short Jacket Anora(k)
Insert G = Good

[sandyRoe]

yes. short jacket...anora(k) around G

[jenniferd]

Thanks - all finished. Off to water garden and cook dinner!