The Telegraph - Toughie - May 3 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - May 3 2017 

Clues	Answers
After wine, Margaret's one often found pinning a guy down	TENTPEG
Awfully patient with Girls Aloud? Very!	EARSPLITTING
Banter's good when you're young, by implication?	BADINAGE
Colouring maybe can be habit-forming if not caught	ADDITIVE
Company restructured Times -- changes primarily superficial	COSMETIC
Conservative judge initially dismissing opening speech as opinion without proof	CONJECTURE
Cue to use butt of machine-gun in centre for interrogation	QUIZ
Dumping half of book, abridged Pride and Prejudice -- eviscerated, rewritten as explicit novel	BODICERIPPER
End of tryst with enchanting woman produces involuntary response	TWITCH
Gave too much weight to column in print media? On the contrary	OPPRESSED
Graduate bouncing check promises to pay, refraining from excess	ABSTEMIOUS
Grants immunity to former politician given time in case of egregiousness	EXEMPTS
Grass object of hunt up	REED
Joe backing John for White House?	IGLOO
Look like the cat who got the cream, left surrounded by butter	GLOAT

 

Clues	Answers
Make more efficient power cable, getting round resistance	STREAMLINE
Mash rice mixed with core of apples as staple alternative?	PAPERCLIP
Meg, being cryptic, to arrive unexpectedly	ROCKUP
Origin of man? Start off in south-eastern France	PROVENANCE
Pensioner perhaps runs away, trapped by contrary DIY bore	YIELDED
Plant right in bog	FERN
Rank deed in book	TITLE
Resignation statement penned by red after polling being all over the place	UBIQUITY
Roll back restraining order mostly with which one might be taken for a ride	PEDICAB
Sierra vineyard -- dull, stunted plants here	SCRUBLAND
Spoilt only son throwing away old hose	NYLONS
Tramp can retain terrible clothes	ITINERANT
Welsh water pressure's down a long way	DEEP
Words spoken on stage, for example on Caesar's dying day	ASIDES
Wound up mini grandfather clock at the back with two keys	IRKED