The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2019 11 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Hopeful nation in a bit of difficulty, with nothing to lose ASPIRANT
Journalist, one coming between friends tries to make things work MEDIATES
Army entertainer HOST
A punch absorbed by part of the body, draining LEACHING
Book Church of England extracted from novels ROMANS
Champion defender BACK
Collecting boundaries in cricket, opener W. G. Grace, perhaps? DOCTOR
Description of some trees of course, in ground CONIFEROUS
Star runner running backwards NOVA
The same meat runs out during visit COMMENSURATE
Sound of European torpedo FINISH
Religious teaching restored ethics in University briefly CATECHISM
Prison service talking in riddles, primarily STIR
Native American swiftly lassoing horse's head APACHE
Last part in hand HOMESTRAIGHT
Insects that pollinate about a hundred and one flowers BETONIES
Indian thus translated -- in his own words? HINDUSTANI
Incompetent one, where is US president? EISENHOWER
High, a long distance apart SPACEDOUT
For cooking, heated tray available now ATTHEREADY
First male, a female ADAM
Visiting country briefly, taking in island first INITIAL
Weapon is raised, well sawn off! SIDEARM
Willing to sit upon the empty egg perhaps? GAMETE
As a cloudless sky not entirely right, it's not clear BLUR
BEAST TETHERED BY PERUVIAN, I'M A LLAMA! ANIMAL
Look at notes and accept what must happen? FACETHEMUSIC
Food item in batter served with old port CLUBSANDWICH