The Telegraph - Toughie - Sep 27 2018 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie - Sep 27 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Long Island city, 100 in the shade?	LILAC
Main course initially covered in curry	BALTIC
Menu in Paddington's 'as much as you can eat', according to Spooner	BILLOFFARE
On Broadway, section of theatre role showcasing Manuel's trademark reply?	PARQUET
Rip jagged tear beneath delicate fabric	LACERATE
Rubbish hotel invested in downmarket coffee bar	CHAFF
Second hand, put up for exchange	SWAP
Swindler in bed, suffering strain	CONARTIST
Topless pair in competition	RACE
Travelling quickly, yacht finally berthed?	MOTORING
Whip with peeled sharp stick? It's purifying!	CATHARTIC
Workman and lad, unusually, in indication of trendlessness?	RANDOMWALK
Yours truly had substance and character	IDENTITY
Zoroastrian play Russia regularly censored	PARSI

Clues	Answers
1970s leader the last character to be embraced by retiring Archdeacon Basil?	BREZHNEV
Barb exposed argument with England cricketer in West Indian ground	ARROWROOT
Bishop in strange secrecy about father's virtual world	CYBERSPACE
Cold frost on American peninsula	CRIMEA
Criminal fraudster advanced to take over from old ballistics expert	RACKETEER
First or second tragedy to enfold over Grace	LOWGEAR
Flog trade secret, losing a measure of respect with the kids	STREETCRED
Had moved down, securing a point?	OWNED
Heroic digital photo?	EPIC
It helps to get delivery from Languedoc pizzeria on the way back	ZIPCODE
It meanders, surreally, off and on	URAL
It's used for dressing, calming abrasive wound	BALSAMICVINEGAR
It's used to irritate; there is a point to it	NEEDLE
Journalist on the up leaving ramshackle reminder of a bygone era	RELICT
Legendary location in California runs out of wine	CAMELOT