The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,601 - Aug 14 2011

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A lot of fish male consumed, or person having similar courses SCHOOLMATE
A scoundrel or a scallywag, to some extent RASCAL
Acting so badly, like someone not operating in good faith? AGNOSTIC
Are you, say, one of those elected for this historical parliament? RUMP
Bad behaviour at sea from Irish in fleet PIRACY
Become irritated and fight FRAY
Comrades turning up for strike SLAP
Consumer group's early round-table talks POWERBREAKFAST
Disregarded ring lover foolishly accepted OVERLOOKED
Distress signal used by editor put in isolated position MAROONED
Dutch scholar for whom problems exist? Just the reverse ERASMUS
Exercise in papers at university PRESSUP
Fashionable journey, taking in a city in US CHICAGO
Fellow with whom you come to blows, in practice SPARRINGPARTNER
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Figure of speech about high-class theatrical company TROUPE
It's rewarding for author such as James, Henry or Lear, Edward ROYALTY
Like material collected in chapter penned by a competitor ARCHIVAL
Met expectations? WEATHERFORECAST
Officer from company leading unit between lines COLONEL
Painstaking, albeit poetically imprecise THOROUGH
Poor farmer coming from Europe, as anticipated PEASANT
Quartet, perhaps, whose moving performance can help after tragedy STRETCHERPARTY
Secure after capsizing, perhaps RESCUE
Shares of his own, initially, as part of Brit's capital SOHO
Soldier who shoots wading bird and then rook SNIPER
Somebody with phoney complaints, type who hangs around with graduate MALINGERER
Start including broadcast by monarch in place of entertainment FAIRGROUND
Steamy gossip brought up about old king TORRID