The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2020 08 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Experiment on the surface most in need of funds? SKINTEST
Does gibbon have the ability to bite? CANAPE
Fireplace feeling hot HEARTH
Get back in contact after redrawing of lines ENLIST
Say bananas put down below black fruit BUTTERNUTSQUASH
Muslim leader unaffected by uprising? AGA
High-flier referencing pal, tired and emotional, clutching Oscar PEREGRINEFALCON
I don't like that bug hubby's caught UGH
Leave dry DESERT
Shake someone who can't be shaken? ROCK
School demolished, we hear? ETON
Speaker, sailor wearing jumper, pulled up ORATOR
Be honest, great fun for them dancing aboard boat SHOOTFROMTHEHIP
Towards the front, figure in audition? FORE
Mendicant seeking refuge and religious books HAVENOT
Overly-optimistic statement, passing comment? FAMOUSLASTWORDS
What is a Japanese wine glass? Give up! FORSAKE
Without question, pipe evident SHOWING
Yob: one certainly thieves OIK
Work left during working hours -- take stock? SHOPLIFT
Find variable rate, of course! TREASURE
French chemist detailed former currency? PASTEUR
Pig sending back horse and trap GANNET
A snappy sort of clue? ACROSS
Bay -- covered by this? BARK
Back in Kawasaki, boy band from Japan OBI
Bit of a bloomer misplacing parcel CARPEL
Band in camp, hollering WHOOPING