The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2019 02 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Study in rush for report READ
TRUMP'S HALF-TIME MEAT PIE? FANFARE
I must slip out of bespoke tailored garment LEOTARD
Sweet tin disappointingly empty CANDY
Get to grips with Elgar for solving over two pages GRAPPLE
When PM starts to make changes to Bill AMEND
Return at eleven in carriage TAXI
Dandy Nichols's first husband swallowing arsenic NASH
MEAT FOR SALE, NO END OF MUTTON VEAL
Shiny, small vegetable SLEEK
Singer -- perhaps 16 -- to make the top? SEWINGMACHINE
Gold coating covers table PLATEAU
Reserve sent out before push NESTEGG
Unsightly lump fish brought up, line cut WART
Tie, top hat de rigueur here once a year ASCOT
After forty winks, start to exercise the back of the neck NAPE
Tidy batting line-up INORDER
Having been riled, got one's point across NEEDLED
Art crying out, being the most enthusiastic KEENEST
POPULAR'S ANNUAL INSPECTION I ACCOMMODATED IN THE LAST MONTH DEMOTIC
ASAP he admitted smuggling: what an idiot! SAPHEAD
In Sahara, steak is getting cooked without any fat (2,4,2,1,4) ASTHINASARAKE
Propose suppressing noise when taken up residence MOVEDIN
A politician getting invited to clear off, being something of a wash-out SHAMPOO
Post-punk fan came by hotel GOTH
They spied regularly in order to get promotion HYPE
In retreat, Hitler besieges tiny state up north, and one further south FLORIDA
I find a partner to embrace sex and reproduce IMITATE
Melting pot (crucible) -- Sheffield's foremost -- which contained British Steel PUBLICSECTOR
V. Lake's frequent co-star wearing light rubber? ALADDIN
Farage stripped off underwear at the first hint VESTIGE
Jan Leeming met disheartened, gnarled old boxer GENTLEMANJIM