The Telegraph - Cryptic - Dec 14 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Dec 14 2015

Clues	Answers
Apparently they count every hole but skip the nineteenth?	TEETOTALLERS
Awkward ascent on railway line	ANCESTRY
Conclude it's a nasty deed, when copper's admitted being upset	DEDUCE
Contract, perhaps, for engineering work	BRIDGE
Cut page or chapter up	CROP
Extra comment following school game shows spirit	SCHNAPPS
Fatal accuracy?	DEADONTARGET
Get in boat somehow	OBTAIN
Has plans to make money	MEANS
Head boy's first to go, in bygone era	ONCE
In a way age is some protection	AEGIS
In time, learn to unwind inside	INTERNAL
In which rivals can hear a pin drop	ALLEY
Innocent chap in pile-up provides transport	PANTECHNICON
Inspired by Diana, met when out	ANIMATED
Insurance allowed for a counterpane	COVERLET

Clues	Answers
It's bought by the metre but worn out by the foot	CARPET
Just married, before the exam	MORAL
King appears to vex Church	KIRK
Lot of grease going on bearing	FATE
Lower or upper garment	JERSEY
Made much of being under tension	STRESSED
One's lucky in races under mile	MASCOT
Ordered to introduce security, to prevent access	BLOCKADE
Pedestrian walkway?	GAIT
She has them shortened by a degree	EMMA
State obstruction provoking alliance	BLOC
The bench is alight	SETTLE
Unidentified girl accepts love	ANON
Ventilator in a foreign gallery	LOUVRE
Very French to approve sin	TRESPASS
What one needs when required for court service	TENNISRACKET