The Telegraph – TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,211 – Feb 1 2024 Clues and Answers

Clues Answers
Add humour to difficult situation, heading off doom almost entirely LIGHTEN
Alert, as you’d expect the Marines to be? ALARM
American composer, person almost enthralling both sides BERLIN
Astronomical measure taking pages in work on hydrogen filters, possibly DOPPLERSHIFT
Away to finish revolt OFFEND
Book, sale item gent returned in South-Western city BRISTOL
Books, in current form, adopted by generous visionary FANTASIST
Fine drink, with second consumed? Not so FALSE
Fixed gaze from detective not favouring discretion EYECONTACT
Flapper beginning to dabble in sport? No great amount GOLDFINCH
Flower covering half of lake? That’s probable LIKELY
German design centre’s expression of annoyance about University linking to Australia BAUHAUS
Good storyteller held back object of quest GRAIL
Greek island runs hot with poems by Sappho? RHODES
Leader of Spain is repeatedly collaring European wets SISSIES
Clues Answers
Limitations to dialogue, as it happens, precluding one search DELVE
Malaysian city swamped by surplus vitality SPARKLE
Need to bracket anything Republican in sounds of hilarity LAUGHTRACK
Observe Germany is leading European research centre DISCERN
Poor illumination, with line disconnected, offering some constraint SKINTIGHT
Quantity of hair standing up on head of University tutor? GURU
Repository of champagne: pour after formality? ICEBUCKET
Significant attempt to suppress love, showing prejudice BIGOTRY
Sound of steam-train initially cut — something done on board? HUFF
Survivors beginning to read extracts, needing to forget one island RELICTS
Tough vegetable, not cooked at first HARD
Unusual things father noticed about woman and blokes pursuing love PHENOMENA
Upset in tummy seems a response by this? IMMUNESYSTEM
What’s best with tart? SOURCREAM
Worthless sort initially dumped for reliable sort ROCK

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