The Telegraph - Toughie - February 13 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Feb 13 2018 

Clues	Answers
'Not a pretty girl,' you say, 'a chemist'	NOBEL
A meat ball served up somewhere in the US	OMAHA
Aftermath of summer outing with fancy buns and plenty of tea?	SUNBURN
Animal tales requiring a deletion: they're intended for infants	RATTLES
As announced, eliminates winter transport	SLEIGHS
Becomes rather fat for skirts	GETSROUND
Brush with police reported	COPSE
Bungle service perhaps for game	NETBALL
Chaps overwhelmed by a tender, moving loving word	ENDEARMENT
Converse of southern warmth for which it's known	NICE
Does make a home in it	DEERFOREST
Don't get out the big stick	BATON
Fruit seen in description of fruitcake	BANANAS
Game played by stingy cab fare fearing vituperation?	TIPANDRUN
How do I feel? It's fate to get rejection	MOOD
In earlier page, he made initial errors	SPOONER
In kennels, had it been drinking the St Bernard's brandy?	LURCHER
In Wales, playing, dad's lost a bundle	SWADDLE
Inoperable, treating all but last three outside	OPENAIR
It's working, I think!	BRAIN
Minute is semi-eternity when tortured	TINY
Never mind what stress counsellor might advise	NOTTOWORRY
On time, in public	OVERT
One who'd slain in thriller	UNIT
Open, is not stuffy	UNCLOSE
Our agent out East's retinue	ENTOURAGE
Person in club taking top off -- it's still warm	EMBER
Raymond caught absconding seeing policeman with dog	HANDLER
Small child. A very noisy kid	CHAFF
Travel on the red-eye that's here today, gone tomorrow	FLYBYNIGHT
What '17' might ne'er have mentioned to psychiatrist?	NIGHTMARE
Within confines of home, are most intimate	NEAREST