The Telegraph - Toughie - April 28 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - April 28 2017

Clues	Answers
After ceremony, I visit university president	POMPIDOU
Arid tableland area, endlessly tough, beset by destructive power?	KALAHARI
Baby starting to bite maybe cutting second or third tie	TETHER
Blissfully serene, cuts back before possible drunken outburst	SERAPHIC
Close walking in Barnet lifted mood	LOCKSTEP
Con artist periodically offers seeds	OATS
Conspire aboard overnight flight, both wanting ends to assign to a new task	REDEPLOY
Having lots of space in the ears and water in the eyes?	RHEUMY
Holding line is vexation? Not for me	ANGLER
Holly and relatives uniting current and classical law	ILEX
Hunting unfortunately involves attempt to kill	GUNFOR
If old lady's about, burn a light meal	CREAMTEA
Iowa is in charge of the next generation	FILIAL
Labour in the main may be accompanied by such rough-housing?	SHANTY
Loving men and women attempt to examine intolerance	BIGOTRY
Moon almost crashed into planet with malignant effect	VENOMOUS

 

Clues	Answers
Ne'er-do-well's lucky to return, leaving every other pair where Jacobites were crushed	CULLODEN
Oberon's commanded fairy queen to gather	PUCKER
One never flowers right in wet ground	FERN
Playing harp, vocalise melodic accentuation	Phrasing
Postponed after losing heart earlier	ONCE
Purplish colour keeps greying at the edges, over small container	EGGCUP
Scope to commit matricide	DOMAIN
Second prime minister, not the last, to leave an alliance	SECEDE
Sneak son away from today's poetic twilight	THIEVE
Sombre dresser has trouble turning in massive Philistine	GOLIATH
Spike in measure of frequency's inverted peak	ZENITH
Tangled on vines, I imagine	ENVISION
Tip-off involves separate parts of old intrigue	COLLUDE
Torah outwardly breaks covenant with unknown mortal	DEATHLY
Upsetting old partner, I nurture one obsession	IDEEFIXE
Vigorous habitual response after what's carried by 11 cycles	ATHLETIC