The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2017 05 03

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