The Telegraph - Cryptic - Sep 1 2017 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic - Sep 1 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Are its pies 'fantastique'?	PATISSERIE
Building company takes time, time, time!	COTTAGE
Coldness about to descend on elevated land	CHILL
Composer noted for silence in prison	CAGE
Derek Trotter knowing bit of America	DELAWARE
Display cut short with one old car turning over for example	PARADIGM
Female campaigner drinks heavily after conclusion of crusades	STOPES
Former PM wanting power, slippery creature	PEEL
Goddess came across, carried by stag maybe	DEMETER
Guy maybe getting engineers to accept work	ROPE
His mad idol turns out to be prim and proper	OLDMAIDISH
Hurry to small city to see flowering plants	SPEEDWELLS
Identity destroyed almost? Imagine!	IDEATE
Loose woman Victorian novelist reported	TROLLOP

Clues	Answers
Member of family corresponding	RELATIVE
More than one north European drinks, we hear	LAPPS
Mother grabs English lord -- terrible song and dance	MELODRAMA
Northern town offers illegal recording -- not good!	BOOTLE
One may suggest that you should compose letters differently	SPELLCHECK
Part of Somerset here, alluring and heavenly	ETHEREAL
Relaxed lad is rebel, I suspect	LIBERALISED
Spooner's model, family girl getting a piece of facial protection	NOSEPIECE
Stories offering element of thrill or escapism	LORE
Unable to get pay, keeping quiet, needing temporary shelter	INCOMPETENT
Very small commander dealt with slavery and homelessness	VAGABONDAGE
Walkers shriek when disturbed	HIKERS
With revision needed, setter meant to give an alternative form of words	RESTATEMENT
With temperature, strange little boy walks tentatively	TODDLES