The Telegraph - Cryptic - Aug 10, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Aug 10, 2015

Clues	Answers
A complete fool can upset someone telling jokes	NITWIT
A daughter's befuddled, consuming large drinks	DRAUGHTALES
A number grow sick, get benefit	AVAIL
Affairs excluding union involvement	ADULTERY
Appear to relish swallowing a double	LOOKALIKE
Applaud catch? Codswallop!	CLAPTRAP
Breathless piper lacking expression	DEADPAN
Cry out -- to the police?	SQUEAL
Current rock player	ACTOR
Drawn and knotted	TIED
Engaged, that's the outcome about me and that girl	ENMESHED
Fabric is produced for ready money only	CASHMERE
Hired assassin? Good show, old boy!	HITMAN
Hurt during exam, leaves in this	TEACHEST
In control of a race meeting taking two males fifty miles	ATTHEHELM

Clues	Answers
Insured drivers prefer to avoid backing like this	ENDORSEMENT
It's divine embracing girl in time off	HOLIDAY
Kill dead, accepting one pound	LIQUIDATE
Meal done, ordered a drink	LEMONADE
Mid-evening in days before Easter can be quite mild	LENIENT
Mother and father split	PARENT
Name I made up for a US State	MAINE
No degrees at this London university?	GREENWICH
Note about fringe subject	THEME
Outlaw to fight for food for children	TUCKBOX
Plate of fish	SCALE
Reckless injunction to keep increasing the rent	TEARAWAY
Said sale is fixed and charged	ASSAILED
Steal up around a wild beast	BOAR
Two support the Church	BRACE