The Telegraph Toughie 2017 04 04 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Put at risk as nitrogen in grenade exploded	ENDANGER
SUDDENLY FORMER OFFICE WORKER GETS ALTERNATIVE OPENING IN EDUCATION	EXTEMPORE
CALL FOR HELP ABOUT LAWFUL PETITIONS	SOLICITS
OLD BAN IS OVERTURNED IN LACKLUSTRE METAPHOR	PARABOLE
Hear me playing line on record -- it's short-lived	EPHEMERAL
Put a small piece of something on top of the French pudding	CRUMBLE
Plain theory regularly worried scholar	LITERATE
Popular exam in English ultimately takes guts	INTESTINES
Flyer's new beginning	DAWN
European Union's fine for this woman	EUNICE
First male worker is obstinate	ADAMANT
DRY AND ENDLESSLY COARSE	BRUT
Northern association's gold capital	NASSAU
Misguided lad, using, keeping in hotel with Ecstasy, became depressed	LANGUISHED
Difficulties? Initially surrealist artist struggles	STRAITS
PM in charge of paradise!	EDENIC
Monsters rage every now and then about silly people? Quite the reverse	GORGONS
Treasure buried in pitcher is hidden	CHERISH
Current politicians can appear as naughty children	IMPS
Consider strange because of stewed tea	RUMINATE
Being troubled I pay Dr to provide foot treatment	PODIATRY
British like alternative rock	BASALT
Angrily listen first of all to dog yapping repeatedly in a shrill way	STRIDENTLY
Is she possibly captivating king and earl? One has prospects	HEIRESS
Small publisher? One's very speedy	SPRINTER
Spot animal with mushrooms on the way back	SPECKLE
Pitch affected vision we're told	CAMPSITE
American lizard is squashed on the road and died	HORNEDTOAD
Thanks and thanks again so cheerio	TATA
The way to learn things is through courage	BYHEART

Put at risk as nitrogen in grenade exploded

ENDANGER

SUDDENLY FORMER OFFICE WORKER GETS ALTERNATIVE OPENING IN EDUCATION

EXTEMPORE

CALL FOR HELP ABOUT LAWFUL PETITIONS

SOLICITS

OLD BAN IS OVERTURNED IN LACKLUSTRE METAPHOR

PARABOLE

Hear me playing line on record -- it's short-lived

EPHEMERAL

Put a small piece of something on top of the French pudding

CRUMBLE