The Telegraph - Cryptic - Sep 04, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Sep 04, 2015

Clues	Answers
A ben scaled could be construed as this	ASCENDABLE
A docile man stirred up, influenced by a devil	DEMONIACAL
Be a bit mad, having lost the thread?	HAVEASCREWLOOSE
Bit of the crust a light brown?	ECRU
Chaps in planes mean to fly across Ireland	AIRMEN
Charming home set up overlooking church	NICE
Chosen man in charge of modern type of technology	ELECTRONIC
Country vehicle conveying drunken earl	BELARUS
Dismissed a knight involved in heavy defeat	RANOUT
Floral arrangement guy brought up and put down	GARLAND
Gardener's son revealed by Somerset House	SETH
Gee, boy is cock-a-hoop!	GLAD
Girl runs into river -- start of adventure	TERESA
Good to reduce the courage of potential killer	GUNMAN
Groups coming together chat about Wagner's work	GATHERINGS

Clues	Answers
Hitting the sack with only a bit of the body tucked in	BASHING
Leader of Democrats backing savage cut	SEVERED
Mob around Italy getting about, making advance	GAINGROUND
More than one animal goes by sea -- any number brought aboard	SNAILS
Mum is upset -- time to give things up?	SILENT
Nasty plan	MEAN
Older one is falling apart, little right!	SENIOR
Return of workers' organisation one dismissed as unacceptable to toffs	NONU
Shabby-sounding item taken from Hamish's allotment?	TATTIE
Source established beyond doubt -- one of the forebears half forgotten	PROVENANCE
Try something that looks impossible? Oh, from earth once very tricky!	REACHFORTHEMOON
Vehicle was first after starting second	SLED
When trained he's a better animal	HARTEBEEST
Wise guy, the crossword compiler -- but not an abstainer	SEER
Woman in charge, a complainer, ruler in muddle	MANAGERESS