The Telegraph – Toughie – Feb 2 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| A meaty gun? | BANGER |
| Belt out to secure tail of dog that’s walking with some confidence | SWAGGERING |
| Box in the country with new range for cooking ingredient | MALTVINEGAR |
| Champion, boy in agony | PALADIN |
| County cricket finally demanding blood | CLARET |
| Delivery-based methodology strict, so be prepared | OBSTETRICS |
| Design too brash one’s felt with a tassel | TARBOOSH |
| Determined soldier behind the embodiment of God’s creation | ADAMANT |
| European hostel’s probing search | FINNISH |
| Get home in the Blitz via carrying torch | BLIGHTY |
| Happen to beat Israeli team | MATERIALISE |
| Initially tame excuse for offence | TREASON |
| Instrument on top of it, hard to break glass transparent material | CELLOPHANE |
| Clues | Solutions |
|---|---|
| Light entertainment here | FAIR |
| Listener puzzle’s ultimate sport that’s going downhill fast | LUGE |
| Minced oath coming up in propaganda, generally | EGAD |
| Old French province where rabbit’s kept under anaesthetic | GASCONY |
| Paper in binder likely to get torn? | FRAGILE |
| Poet and mystic in spirit, I? | RUMI |
| Protestant reformation of Henry originally neutral? | LUTHERAN |
| Rhubarb a smidgen less hairy? | BALDERDASH |
| Second merchant requiring slight reduction in wine | MOSELLE |
| Steamy environment, with underwear inspiring you | HOTHOUSE |
| Temperature’s weak of the upper crust | TWEEDY |
| Thick piece of meat I put in flat, perhaps | NOISETTE |
| Winning — shame arrogant | UPPITY |