The Telegraph - Cryptic - Aug 25, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Aug 25, 2015

Clues	Answers
A cost to a Scot moving throughout the country	COASTTOCOAST
Acknowledge a set of five letters (not half)	AVOW
Artist very enthralled by, say, Persian neckwear	CRAVAT
Bias shown by writer with song	PENCHANT
Body of water in summer enlarged	MERE
Brood -- and refuse?	LITTER
Check vertical part of glass	STEM
Comedian present with degree showing age	WITHERED
Find entry form limits this writer	COMEUPON
German woman supported by daughter in crime	FRAUD
Group of people put back golf feature -- a legal omission?	LOOPHOLE
Guy beginning to bet in confined area in card game	CRIBBAGE
Intellectual support following fashion	BRAIN
Investigation -- or probe by religious class?	RESEARCH
Judge having crooked ties with friend	ESTIMATE

Clues	Answers
MPs' incomes to get reformed? That's sound	COMPOSMENTIS
Painful sensation in field with pressure gone	ITCH
Place for drinking and music, with money turning over	BARSTOOL
Purse is genuine, we're told	PUCKER
Russian river in country with source obscured	URAL
Salesman in ground cited as feeble	DECREPIT
Spot change required in clue for 'tiny amount'	MOLECULE
Staff in Cheshire town reportedly	CREW
Steadfastness needed for each retired priest entering spiritual meeting	PERSEVERANCE
Teach recruit changes in style of building	ARCHITECTURE
Three notes about misbehaving class -- it's seen by staff?	BASSCLEF
Token panel announcing trade?	SIGN
Uninspiring volunteers on edges of marquee	TAME
Unsuccessful trio pulled apart by a book have to take a 50 per cent cut	ABORTIVE
Welsh politician facing test without scruples	AMORAL