The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2017 02 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
QUITE DRY, SHELTERING IN QUARRY PRETTY
WE'RE PAYING FOR IT AND IT'S A BURDEN ONUS
Unwilling to take laziness, head dismissed LOTH
No good players left, having been pipped SEEDLESS
IS CRITICAL ABOUT ONE AND IS HURTFUL PAINS
Prepares for test in French, dreams one's got through REVISES
For just an instant, sound of organ HEARTBEAT
RIDDLE OF MOTORWAY BEING OBLITERATED IN MIST AND DOWNPOUR STRAIN
SHOWS ANIMAL INSIDE, FROLICKING ABOUT INDICATES
MAIN SALON'S MODIFIED ACCORDING TO TIME OF YEAR SEASONAL
ALLEVIATE UNSTEADY GAIT IN TIME, UNDERGOING TREATMENT MITIGATE
FIRES CONSUMING HOTEL AND SHEDS SHACKS
ADVOCATE OF TRADITIONAL PRACTICES DID ORNATE OLD INSTRUMENT CASES LUDDITE
HANDBAG IN TWO PARTS? NONSENSE! CLAPTRAP
More than one beautiful person breaks down, keeping quiet DISHES
Got reminder about antidote PROCURED
Double string and cut off end TWIN
Blows caught mouth? CLIPS
Attempts to get evidence overthrown in courts SPOONS
All alone, missing one after drink TOTAL
Face beaten up, cut by a right, showing bottle CARAFE
Likewise, no member of the hoi polloi ASWELL
No good cultivating fruit RAISIN
Witnesses witnessed entering with planks SEESAWS
Steal underwear SLIP
Softens, going to pieces, doesn't confess TONESDOWN
Sends up a lot too high OVERBIDS
Quickly try to get to end of precis RUNDOWN
Parents wear identification PASSPORT
One is wrong about French word for 'feelings' EMOTIONS
VULGARITY OFTEN REJECTED BY EDITOR, TO BE REPLACED BY LITERARY STARS? CURSE
Plumbing installed to no purpose? WASTEPIPE