The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2019 05 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
PUTREFACTION IN A SEED PLANT PROTEA
Like ice, sparkle on the house? FREEZING
Drink with introverted guards SHANDY
Investigate crashed cars here RESEARCH
Kid given posh pasta sauce RAGU
Nessun Dorma's concealed release UNDO
Book about one prisoner's facial expression? EMOTICON
Argument can end in dismissal, I'm sure QUODLIBET
More than happy with start of board game BLOTTO
Off road, jeep is put at risk JEOPARDISE
Yearbook article in 25 ANNUAL
Weapon of old station workers QUARTERSTAFF
Tropical fruit always eaten by dad PAPAYA
Tragic hero's family belongings left inside KINGLEAR
Test papers? Test for one cabbie TAXIDRIVER
Suspended writer, awfully loud American PENDULOUS
See whiskey bottles near wife BATHANDWELLS
Scottish jury in part of area, perhaps ASSIZE
Gangster, better one CAPONE
Dressed in black and very mature BANDAGED
One's very short but ultimately long TITCH
Sour beer turned into average lager ALEGAR
Tidy up old vehicles TRAMS
Would they invoke bad for something better? THEDEVILYOUKNOW
Quandary -- 'Birdsong', unfinished novel TRILEMMA
Bats and elves trapped? ENSLAVED
Huge prison in Palma? MAJORCAN
Ground cover often hides first of leaves MULCH