The Telegraph - Toughie - February 7 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

 The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Feb 7 2018 

Clues	Answers
13 Down's content? Answer lies in solicitous attention	TALC
A socially unacceptable former colleague of Shane MacGowan hitting a new high?	APOGEAN
and 9: Suggestive input that might make a molecule out of a molehill?	PREDICTIVE
Aromatic Spanish rice lacking endless anise and hot, right?	SPICE
Bar scoff	RAIL
Blocks in east M51 -- it's a stinker being caught there	EMBOLI
Bully drank up, putting away last of Chablis	DESPOT
Change incorporating border access for epidemic	PESTILENCE
Check filling of pesto panini	STOP
Criminal interests acting finally as diversion, perhaps	STREETSIGN
Cubata foremost a very adult drink	CAVA
Engine drivers knock back drink -- lots!	PISTONS
Expect a lengthy bill for this attack	SNIPE
Film actor's craggier characters appearing regularly	CAGE
Film in which Spooner's having a puff	COATING
Game and cold pizza ordered	ISPY
Genial role now and then for wooden lump	GNARL
Gritty leaders of Germany, Romania and Italy never yield	GRAINY
In-flight freebies? Cadge loads	SPONGEBAGS
Less than entirely impressive book abridgement	EPITOME
Mean to keep run tough	STRINGY
Meditator greeting US soldier	YOGI
Noise made by vociferous ox?	YACKETYYAK
See 1	TEXT
See about leaving fresh pie 'alla tonno' from Campania?	NEAPOLITAN
See second half of game, not first, in fashionable feature	ELEMENT
Some heather I categorise as 'ling'	ERICA
Sound of gong a bit intrusive	MEDDLESOME
Unappreciative individual made of granite	INGRATE
Violin section provides middle eight	BRIDGE
What Bamford to Manchester fast train might do for amateur detective	MISSMARPLE
What footballers should do in challenge	EYEBALL