The Telegraph Toughie 2018 02 07 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Genial role now and then for wooden lump	GNARL
Expect a lengthy bill for this attack	SNIPE
A socially unacceptable former colleague of Shane MacGowan hitting a new high?	APOGEAN
Less than entirely impressive book abridgement	EPITOME
Some heather I categorise as 'ling'	ERICA
SEE 1	TEXT
Bully drank up, putting away last of Chablis	DESPOT
Change incorporating border access for epidemic	PESTILENCE
Check filling of pesto panini	STOP
Cubata foremost a very adult drink	CAVA
What footballers should do in challenge	EYEBALL
Violin section provides middle eight	BRIDGE
Sound of gong a bit intrusive	MEDDLESOME
See second half of game, not first, in fashionable feature	ELEMENT
See about leaving fresh pie 'alla tonno' from Campania?	NEAPOLITAN
Blocks in east M51 -- it's a stinker being caught there	EMBOLI
Mean to keep run tough	STRINGY
Meditator greeting US soldier	YOGI
Bar scoff	RAIL
and 9: Suggestive input that might make a molecule out of a molehill?	PREDICTIVE
Noise made by vociferous ox?	YACKETYYAK
Film in which Spooner's having a puff	COATING
AROMATIC SPANISH RICE LACKING ENDLESS ANISE AND HOT, RIGHT?	SPICE
Unappreciative individual made of granite	INGRATE
What Bamford to Manchester fast train might do for amateur detective	MISSMARPLE
Gritty leaders of Germany, Romania and Italy never yield	GRAINY
Game and cold pizza ordered	ISPY
Film actor's craggier characters appearing regularly	CAGE
Engine drivers knock back drink -- lots!	PISTONS
Criminal interests acting finally as diversion, perhaps	STREETSIGN
In-flight freebies? Cadge loads	SPONGEBAGS
13 Down's content? Answer lies in solicitous attention	TALC

Genial role now and then for wooden lump

GNARL

Expect a lengthy bill for this attack

SNIPE

A socially unacceptable former colleague of Shane MacGowan hitting a new high?

APOGEAN

Less than entirely impressive book abridgement

EPITOME

Some heather I categorise as 'ling'

ERICA

SEE 1

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