The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Fool, say, beginning to succumb in wilderness DESSERT
Count of French prison died DEPEND
Unlocks last of zoo cages OPENS
Perfume from a foreign capital AROMA
Oglers, I fancy, surrounding a harem SERAGLIO
... odd meaning about word 'sex' INTERMITTENT
Free from sex, one rat explained ... EXONERATE
Life of priest in strange order ESPRIT
One's taken in show seeing Nirvana PARADISE
Conservative, safe and dreary CHARMLESS
Destruction of atmosphere reversed DOOM
Stop drinking endless beer, it's common PREVALENT
Express contains dire empty testimony EVIDENCE
Drink while consumed by drink TOAST
United Nations' record is wavering UNSTABLE
Destroy revolting rodents in time DECIMATE
Some fantasies taboo for sleep SIESTA
Finished school, reportedly EATEN
Adherent of pop art is a nut PARTISAN
Initially intelligent? No, alas, not exactly! INANE
Individual round Alien Queen uprising DISCRETE
Left crew circling English Channel? REMAINING
Cause trouble on hospital department ENTAIL
A real turn-up's somehow being psychic SUPERNATURAL