The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2018 09 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Monster conger-eel seen off and on OGRE
OLD CELEBRITY COUPLE REPLACING SON IN FINALE ABOUT MISSING FEMALE HOUDINI
Clean seats returned around end of June SWEEP
ROMANTIC WRITER ULTIMATELY WRITES TERRIFYING TALE SCHILLER
Vehicle returned -- still missing one item on forecourt? RACQUET
African doctor also getting reported HUTU
Maybe dumb down in Sydney if travelling DISNEYFY
Black pen for penning love letters? SOOTY
King, along with pawn on rook's square, held up major feature of key play? GRANDPIANO
Captains shelled seafood KIPPER
Old drivers crashing into base tramp in Roman town EBORACUM
Jacob's mate possibly on river vessel EWER
Innocent type almost a victim, a sucker to some LAMPREY
Group kind of play about when adult's not there PINKFLOYD
COURSE ADOPTED BY ENGLISH LORD PORTRAYING FEELING OF POWER? ON THE CONTRARY EMPATHY
Sewage initially affected gut of big fish SCAMPI
Girl in survey at last checked -- but not quite YVETTE
One sought on line taps an ISP from the east LOACH
Mature, wise men finally settled on epitaph RIPEN
Cushion idiot owing debt? HASSOCK
Trunk examinations -- not right on time SEACHEST
Crazy displays behind lorry MOONSTRUCK
Inactivity extremely self-evident in existing state of affairs STASIS
River rising, unusually heavy rain primarily the cause RUHR
Drop proceedings relating to non-capital sentences LOWERCASE
Turning to smother daughter in act of flattery WHEEDLING
Instrument found in box office after brief speculative view THEORBO
Friends, perhaps outside city, moan anyhow SITUATIONCOMEDY
A tender kisser, Duncan regularly strays SICKNURSE