The Telegraph – TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,177 – Dec 5, 2023, Puzzle Answers
The Telegraph – TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,177 – Dec 5 2023
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A change in store at sea? | AFLOAT |
| Angle on figure you’d say? Bony thing | COCCYX |
| Attractive piece in periodical to take home? | MAGNET |
| Brain perhaps working — there’s logic to this | ORGANON |
| Cat dropping on cat — here’s escape option | LIFELINE |
| Chopper’s up — film director coming into London for larks | EXALTATION |
| Confuse dub feel arranged to involve introduction to Dumbo | BEFUDDLE |
| Criminal type exchanging medium for large shellfish | LOBSTER |
| Endless magical event engages worker, like some mysticism | TANTRIC |
| Enthusiasts taking lift to floor | STUN |
| Garlic sauce Danilo Alvim had regularly? | AIOLI |
| Hoax brought to a satisfactory ending | CODA |
| Irritable having mislaid pencil-set | SPLENETIC |
| Machine-gun placed here in comfortable retreat | NEST |
| Mackerel-catcher Romeo drawn into petty quarrel | SPRAT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Metrical patterns in book one friend abroad carries | IAMBI |
| One behind, pull goal back after ball lost | LAGGARD |
| One moving perhaps around Baltic capital sees parakeet | BUDGERIGAR |
| Passionate longing to embrace rising Italian musician | LUTIST |
| Persecuted hill folk shake out hay | TORMENTED |
| Poor to welcome Liberal found wanting in Barnet? | BALD |
| Portuguese saint necking fifty-five shots | SALVO |
| Ready with foil, almost completed wrapping cloth round | ENGARDE |
| Shame of French importing spoilt cigars | DISGRACE |
| Sluggish time kept by Marseillaise composer’s son | LISTLESS |
| Stay quiet, taking in speaker and this writer? | MORATORIUM |
| Stop being animated after eating fungus | FRUSTRATE |
| Talk idly about costume — worry’s over knitted undies | BALBRIGGAN |
| Wine boxes, duty free, providing educational experience? | CASESTUDY |
| Wrath associated with posh doctor giving offence | UMBRAGE |