The Telegraph - Toughie - Sep 21 2018 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie - Sep 21 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Jacob's mate possibly on river vessel	EWER
King, along with pawn on rook's square, held up major feature of key play?	GRANDPIANO
Mature, wise men finally settled on epitaph	RIPEN
Maybe dumb down in Sydney if travelling	DISNEYFY
Monster conger-eel seen off and on	OGRE
Old celebrity couple replacing son in finale about missing female	HOUDINI
Old drivers crashing into base tramp in Roman town	EBORACUM
One sought on line taps an ISP from the east	LOACH
River rising, unusually heavy rain primarily the cause	RUHR
Romantic writer ultimately writes terrifying tale	SCHILLER
Sewage initially affected gut of big fish	SCAMPI
Trunk examinations -- not right on time	SEACHEST
Turning to smother daughter in act of flattery	WHEEDLING
Vehicle returned -- still missing one item on forecourt?	RACQUET

Clues	Answers
A tender kisser, Duncan regularly strays	SICKNURSE
African doctor also getting reported	HUTU
Black pen for penning love letters?	SOOTY
Captains shelled seafood	KIPPER
Clean seats returned around end of June	SWEEP
Course adopted by English Lord portraying feeling of power? On the contrary	EMPATHY
Crazy displays behind lorry	MOONSTRUCK
Cushion idiot owing debt?	HASSOCK
Drop proceedings relating to non-capital sentences	LOWERCASE
Friends, perhaps outside city, moan anyhow	SITUATIONCOMEDY
Girl in survey at last checked -- but not quite	YVETTE
Group kind of play about when adult's not there	PINKFLOYD
Inactivity extremely self-evident in existing state of affairs	STASIS
Innocent type almost a victim, a sucker to some	LAMPREY
Instrument found in box office after brief speculative view	THEORBO