The Telegraph – TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,176 – Dec 1, 2023 Answers
The Telegraph – TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,176 – Dec 1 2023
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Telegraph cryptic shakes ‘enigmatic’ tag’ — PA | HELPER |
| Aforementioned morning post baker opens before getting up | ABOVENAMED |
| At a function collecting trinketry | ASTATINE |
| Big city that was upset at a cult procuring clubs | CALCUTTA |
| Cocktails chap hasn’t drunk, which stifles cheers! | MANHATTANS |
| Contest’s decisive point, after which head completely drops in court | WATERLOO |
| Crows gathering on the counter would be 10 odd | MURDER |
| Cruel individual takes look inside | BLOODY |
| Dodge blockades on riot | SCREAM |
| Dons don it, tailors tailor it … and troopers do what troopers do! | MENSWEAR |
| Fighting group losing its leader | ACTION |
| For sleigh-riders from the south, not very useful direction-finders | SANTAS |
| Gave cheer when solvers are introduced to new girl? | BUOYEDUP |
| Go through apple pie? | TURNOVER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Idly draw benefit, stretched by overdraft | DOODLE |
| Neat bachelor eclipses each one of fashion model’s exes | UNWEAKENED |
| Not at all dry for one left in French city | LITTLE |
| Official sauce and what it does for topping | MAYORESS |
| On reverse, image’s extremely strong impression | FOOTSTEP |
| One of the men in white coats worked on it with good sense | GUMPTION |
| Recorder turned up with academician | CAMERA |
| Returns from this bet? … I’m afraid not! | YANKEE |
| Sixty could be right for the cryptic crossword compiler! | THREESCORE |
| Sunless weeks perhaps this old poet’s woe! | LACKADAY |
| The last Number One Gloria Gaynor initiated | SWANSONG |
| Time to put an end to monster affair | PIGEON |
| Tips for links: I’m generously helping the six-letter answers here | LIGHTS |
| What I’d like to be is oldie, wizened with age | EGOIDEAL |