The Telegraph - Toughie - August 29 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Aug 29 2017 

Clues	Answers
A margin that's said to attract attention	AHEM
A moist plant?	LOVEINAMIST
Captive shot in African republic	CONGO
Cow OK in marsh	FRIGHTEN
Embrace nothing as French author	HUGO
Englishmen abroad for ball	POMPOM
Even big deal out for negotiation, one is not doing nothing?	DOUBLENEGATIVE
Filth from backfiring food processors?	SMUT
Flier from nation supporting war, I suspect	AIRWOMAN
Funky river vessel tickles giants of the Zambezi, say?	Hippopotamuses
In Germany, miss final and rue being sent off	FRAULEIN
Line character recited	QUEUE
Maiden out to grab a nap, easily obtained	ADIMEADOZEN
Motivation in team dropping back	SPUR

 

Clues	Answers
Natural to seal off Channel Islands, maintaining border charge	INCRIMINATE
One's likely to forget in the morning, since a drunk	AMNESIAC
Plot is reversed by heartless tale	SITE
Power punches an attractive thing in knockout match	CUPTIE
Religious testament entering space program parlance? Zilch!	NOTASAUSAGE
Small piece of land has a tenant	ISLET
Sole yet to be filleted has head removed, fifty caught	ONLY
Some pachyderm, e.g. African jumbo	MEGA
Something for breakfast, perfectly round crumpets, ultimately	TOAST
Sprawling flat on rug, vicar one over the eight, perhaps?	VULGARFRACTION
Stampede over grass	ONRUSH
Surrender the spirit to pop one's clogs	GIVEUPTHEGHOST
Upper limits of English test cricket, huge score	ETCH
Waiter hoping for a nibble left in indignation	ANGLER