The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2017 05 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Awfully patient with Girls Aloud? Very! EARSPLITTING
Banter's good when you're young, by implication? BADINAGE
Conservative judge initially dismissing opening speech as opinion without proof CONJECTURE
Mash rice mixed with core of apples as staple alternative? PAPERCLIP
END OF TRYST WITH ENCHANTING WOMAN PRODUCES INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE TWITCH
Meg, being cryptic, to arrive unexpectedly ROCKUP
Grass object of hunt up REED
Welsh water pressure's down a long way DEEP
Plant right in bog FERN
GRADUATE BOUNCING CHECK PROMISES TO PAY, REFRAINING FROM EXCESS ABSTEMIOUS
Gave too much weight to column in print media? On the contrary OPPRESSED
Spoilt only son throwing away old hose NYLONS
Resignation statement penned by red after polling being all over the place UBIQUITY
Cue to use butt of machine-gun in centre for interrogation QUIZ
Company restructured Times -- changes primarily superficial COSMETIC
Pensioner perhaps runs away, trapped by contrary DIY bore YIELDED
Words spoken on stage, for example on Caesar's dying day ASIDES
ROLL BACK RESTRAINING ORDER MOSTLY WITH WHICH ONE MIGHT BE TAKEN FOR A RIDE PEDICAB
SIERRA VINEYARD -- DULL, STUNTED PLANTS HERE SCRUBLAND
Dumping half of book, abridged Pride and Prejudice -- eviscerated, rewritten as explicit novel BODICERIPPER
Origin of man? Start off in south-eastern France PROVENANCE
Rank deed in book TITLE
Joe backing John for White House? IGLOO
Wound up mini grandfather clock at the back with two keys IRKED
LOOK LIKE THE CAT WHO GOT THE CREAM, LEFT SURROUNDED BY BUTTER GLOAT
Colouring maybe can be habit-forming if not caught ADDITIVE
Make more efficient power cable, getting round resistance STREAMLINE
After wine, Margaret's one often found pinning a guy down TENTPEG
Grants immunity to former politician given time in case of egregiousness EXEMPTS
Tramp can retain terrible clothes ITINERANT