The Telegraph - Cryptic - Oct 5 2018 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic - Oct 5 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Island in risky enterprise	SKYE
Lieutenant to suffer at home	STANDIN
Little old peers and VIPs, terribly dictatorial	OPPRESSIVE
Mum's upset the little boy	SAM
Quartet participating in concerts no longer	ONCE
See battle trophy being put outside, a sort of shell	SCALLOP
Sheep -- not so many in the middle	EWE
Start to select apparatus for dramatic performance	SKIT
Stories offering discord reader finally abandoned	FICTION
Successful book rep doing more business than the rest?	BESTSELLER
The saint wicked? Is the opposite	ANTITHESIS
They may hiss, exerting pressure	STEAMIRONS
Undertaking demand after short time	TASK
Very dry except when river floods in	BRUT

Clues	Answers
Any number taken on board by one engaged in money matters	FINANCE
Artist careered off course in a zone few get to?	RESTRICTEDAREA
Athlete comes to Scottish peak, having eaten a bit of food	RUNNERBEAN
Attend bash	BEAT
Be like a pachyderm and don't get upset easily	HAVEATHICKSKIN
Breeze is fine, clearing the head	AIR
Building secured, sealed off at the front	HUT
Class enthralled by tutors or teachers	SORT
Daughter is in grass on blanket	INDISCRIMINATE
Earnest prayers from competitors filled with worry	ENTREATIES
Erotic miss involved in muscle-building exercises	ISOMETRICS
Essayist producing excellent article in French, revolutionary	ELIA
Happy to embrace good person, a competitor	CONTESTANT
I'd panic with our garb astray -- could it be in here?	AIRINGCUPBOARD