The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2017 10 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Very sad jerk collects scrap TRAGIC
Novel printing unit educated individual EMMA
Audibly speak for force TORQUE
Poet related terrible back pain in Herts town WALTERDELAMARE
Ringing European in China PEAL
On the way towards gold after fourteen rounds ENROUTEFOR
ABANDON COMMON LAND VEHICLE ON THE OUTSKIRTS LEAVE
So ruffian's showing no finish to fighting THUS
Persistently harass amateur team lacking depth, win nothing LAYSIEGETO
Nurses can't cross that lady's much older partner CRADLESNATCHER
Fictional Cockney drunk lazed around island -- loves a drop in the ocean ELIZADOOLITTLE
Boycott sporting arena well-known in tropical basket case BANANAREPUBLIC
Spots Mike conquering Northern peak ACME
Monstrous woman's sea power MEDUSA
SCARILY, T-SHIRT CONCEALS REJECTED NEEDLES STYLI
Lush beginning to drink in bustling tavern VERDANT
Solution, not new, bypasses the solver (electronic). Back to square one ASYOUWERE
Wrong sauce grabbed by nobleman cutting joint UNJUST
PLATONIC KISS BEAU'S ENDING IN A CLINCH ASEXUAL
Football team thus put on weight at holiday home? ASTONVILLA
ATTILA, MOVING INTO MARSHY GRASS, FOUGHT BACK RETALIATED
Aquatic life in Portuguese region avoiding river valley primarily ALGAE
A custom involving the French wine AUSLESE
Spoil writer John, in Spain, acquiring a pot MARIJUANA
Regular sightings of narwhal? Keep vigilant AWAKE
During criminal trial, agree with head of state's rule ALGORITHM
RUSH TO GET UNIFORM, GIVEN ADDITIONAL NOTE, BEFORE SPRING UPSWELL
Go with Hillary to crack Everest? HOLYGRAIL