The Telegraph - Cryptic - Oct 17 2017 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic - Oct 17 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Agitated conductor leading band's climax	RATTLED
Bound to leave	SKIP
Branch of sweet chestnut's cut	ETCH
Business skill returned: very loudly in charge	TRAFFIC
Catch up after pro got left behind	FORGOTTEN
Charges people from the Highlands leading southern moves?	COSTS
Company suggest leaving a place of learning	COLLEGE
Country retreat with distinguishing characteristic	DENMARK
Customs raid -- it's not unusual	TRADITIONS
Female continually creating state of excitement	FEVER
Fired up, 50 per cent of encounters were angry	ENCOURAGED
Former lover suggested getting bare	EXPOSED
Head cleaner has mop bent over	SHAMPOO
Hearing sounds back, son must be captivated	SESSION
Heroic exploit, whichever way you look at it	DEED
Holy man, the old thing that's painful to see around	STYE

Clues	Answers
Keeping in power involved keeping quiet	OWNERSHIP
Mad king wielding the whip	LEATHER
Model of car and every train	TEACH
Old bishop and minister in study	OBSERVE
Putting on an act before start of theatrical finale	PRETENDING
Recognised kind of wine regularly taken out	KNOWN
Refusal to tuck into any bug	ANNOY
Rushed for instance towards the West's diversity	RANGE
Say nothing in sin	VOICE
Select Poe works to shorten	TELESCOPE
Skill fixing fence, if icy	EFFICIENCY
Some tailors initially longing to finish this?	STITCHING
Thick stews in French cuisine, as they say in Paris	KITCHEN
Vehicles, vehicles -- about time!	CARTS
Went in hospital department before daughter	ENTERED
What person in the Navy could want rubbish on board ship?	STRIPES