The Telegraph – Toughie – Aug 24 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Apple tree surprisingly bearing first of apples! |
EATER |
| British gong collected by US subject — that’s tragic! |
MACBETH |
| Course it’s stuff and nonsense, ultimately |
ROUTE |
| Cross nurses flap, being volatile |
MUTABLE |
| Cupid links stroke with love |
PUTTO |
| Defined by layabout, earning big money for starters, online designer |
WEBMASTER |
| Entry document dismissed, as faint |
PASSOUT |
| Friend, penning her vacuous article, succeeded in a few words |
PHRASAL |
| Genteel setting where Aussie boxer punches fellow combatants |
TEAROOM |
| Graduate pocketing noble cut as cafe worker |
BARISTA |
| I suspect it’s designed to cover astronauts, primarily? |
SPACESUIT |
| Little to savour, fed nothing, one could make breakfast |
TOASTER |
| Man down under put on game |
SPORT |
| Measure once shortened, divided by two |
CUBIT |
| Nonsense beginning in rough pub in the centre |
RHUBARB |
| Office supporting uncrowned king in part of north London |
HARLESDEN |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Old German instrument working |
SAXON |
| One on the fiddle suits stringed instrument |
CARDSHARP |
| Part of a plane that’s mine put on tip |
COCKPIT |
| Put pressure on to protect British nation |
LEBANON |
| Representation showing some light passing through door |
PORTRAYAL |
| Royal composition is rot! |
ERODE |
| Synthetic fibre — the other clothes soft also |
SPANDEX |
| This water tester I’m disgusted one has broken |
TOUGHIE |
| Touts unfortunately always hang around too long |
OUTSTAY |
| Training establishment sure to manage after cutback, investor finally being brought in |
NURSERY |
| Tree complete with pole, if not fencing? |
BUTTERNUT |
| Unadorned feature beneath a cloth canopy |
BALDACHIN |
| Vessel — one under a pint, perhaps? |
COASTER |
| What one should do with a plan announced to get the axe |
HATCHET |
| Where life is known to exist, it’s terminal |
EARTH |
| Writer requiring pen and good technique |
HEMINGWAY |
