The Telegraph - Toughie - July 5 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Jul 5 2017 

Clues	Answers
Auden, oh dear, oh dear!	WHOOPS
Beat with good smack	TANG
Beautiful things approaching amid uncontrollable laughter	FINEARTS
Capital that's in order in Belfast, Brasilia and Tashkent?	ATHENS
Caught feeding stray lately, a wild thing	ALLEYCAT
Cleaner whips a gun out, left with very little money?	WASHINGUPLIQUID
Cushion on the floor reportedly for a large animal	BUFFALO
Emotional support in reality bunk fabricated within religious cult	SECURITYBLANKET
Female coming in close, I look round	SHUFTI
Fish skin not soft	EEL
Five elected initially to enter parliament -- I for one, and four others	VOWELS
For starters, love essentially is symbol of Polynesian affection	LEI
Gutless story took a heartbeat	SYSTOLE
I'm sad British hospital has rings run around it	BOOHOO

 

Clues	Answers
Jerk got in massive car, US people carrier	MOVINGSTAIRCASE
Job in foreign currency under a sovereign	ERRAND
Location in which to find South American plant	OCA
Orange pots	SATSUMA
Order potential bromance?	MANDATE
Rather outstanding captain and helmsman both launching ship	SCHOONER
Rough -- as are odds?	UNEVEN
Rule scaled down in support for politician	FOREIGNMINISTER
Stake, pole piercing goddess of folly	ANTE
Star runner going backwards	NOVA
Tease over speciality for US president	GARFIELD
Upside-down puppet in sack	LOOT
Victim in pit	QUARRY
Wicked one	ACE