The Telegraph - Cryptic - Jun 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jun 30, 2015

Clues	Answers
Agreeing to hire	LETTING
Blind drunk, now in giggles to an extent	UNKNOWING
By the authority of two foreign articles	UNDER
Chickenfeed with vegetable? Crazy!	PEANUTS
Cook argued after shortbread's first made sweeter	SUGARED
Essex vice? Possibly getting high	EXCESSIVE
European allowed to restrict chaps for water, maybe	ELEMENT
Figure millions comes before hospital department's invention	FIGMENT
Ford perhaps needs parking by hotel guest	PRESIDENT
Former lover put in a demand and shouted	EXCLAIMED
Head of Intelligence taken in by the female burglar	THIEF
Initially, Steve Cram ran and ran	SCRAMBLED
It could turn into toad and leap, skipping area	TADPOLE
Lessons for college girls	CLASSES
Love dispute about method of transport	WORSHIP
Love's put on dreary perfume	ODOUR

Clues	Answers
Mean, to say 'mature'	AVERAGE
Narrow lens distorted reflection of colour	SLENDER
One fish caught by this Parisian -- it's likely to be smoked	CIGARETTE
Orders we must lose weight if this?	OBESE
Parrot -- one pal holds it	IMITATE
Pound wanted for lentils or beans	PULSE
Prepared tuna or a bit of salad -- with time, one might get in rocket	ASTRONAUT
Rock -- new one kept in jar	GRANITE
Ship's officer supports inspection, and that's the last word across the board	CHECKMATE
Small fish's edges	SIDES
Son's put down as expert	SKILLED
Spectator's wife is sent off	WITNESS
Startle a learner driver with injury leaving hospital	ALARM
The same outfit for male after university	UNIFORM
Thinned and thickened	REDUCED
Traps vibrated, top to bottom	HOOKS