The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2018 09 21

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