The Telegraph – Toughie – Apr 28 2017 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| After ceremony, I visit university president |
POMPIDOU |
| Arid tableland area, endlessly tough, beset by destructive power? |
KALAHARI |
| Baby starting to bite maybe cutting second or third tie |
TETHER |
| Blissfully serene, cuts back before possible drunken outburst |
SERAPHIC |
| Close walking in Barnet lifted mood |
LOCKSTEP |
| Con artist periodically offers seeds |
OATS |
| Conspire aboard overnight flight, both wanting ends to assign to a new task |
REDEPLOY |
| Having lots of space in the ears and water in the eyes? |
RHEUMY |
| Holding line is vexation? Not for me |
ANGLER |
| Holly and relatives uniting current and classical law |
ILEX |
| Hunting unfortunately involves attempt to kill |
GUNFOR |
| If old lady’s about, burn a light meal |
CREAMTEA |
| Iowa is in charge of the next generation |
FILIAL |
| Labour in the main may be accompanied by such rough-housing? |
SHANTY |
| Loving men and women attempt to examine intolerance |
BIGOTRY |
| Moon almost crashed into planet with malignant effect |
VENOMOUS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Ne’er-do-well’s lucky to return, leaving every other pair where Jacobites were crushed |
CULLODEN |
| Oberon’s commanded fairy queen to gather |
PUCKER |
| One never flowers right in wet ground |
FERN |
| Playing harp, vocalise melodic accentuation |
Phrasing |
| Postponed after losing heart earlier |
ONCE |
| Purplish colour keeps greying at the edges, over small container |
EGGCUP |
| Scope to commit matricide |
DOMAIN |
| Second prime minister, not the last, to leave an alliance |
SECEDE |
| Sneak son away from today’s poetic twilight |
THIEVE |
| Sombre dresser has trouble turning in massive Philistine |
GOLIATH |
| Spike in measure of frequency’s inverted peak |
ZENITH |
| Tangled on vines, I imagine |
ENVISION |
| Tip-off involves separate parts of old intrigue |
COLLUDE |
| Torah outwardly breaks covenant with unknown mortal |
DEATHLY |
| Upsetting old partner, I nurture one obsession |
IDEEFIXE |
| Vigorous habitual response after what’s carried by 11 cycles |
ATHLETIC |
