The Telegraph – TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,205 – Jan 23, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ban fish before a regularly dreary method of optically controlling stock, say | BARCODEREADER |
| Bred preposterous pony finally for horse race | DERBY |
| Concerned with old harbours, sends imported goods elsewhere | REEXPORTS |
| Condition for six in due course | PROVISO |
| Cover for organ of English king in a panic | EARFLAP |
| Desire and bend low for weapon | LONGBOW |
| Diplomatic understanding dubiously entertained, with raid abandoned | ENTENTE |
| Fabric of savoury snack papa consumed | TAPPA |
| Fool with untruths about young women | LASSIES |
| Fruit, all peeled, lets man get trim now | ETAERIO |
| Gibberish about ordinary pale zircon | JARGOON |
| Goat perhaps will go after a neighbour | ABUTTER |
| Indeed error after pressure in note giving detail of earnings | PAYSLIP |
| Language making a comeback in processional at a cathedral | CATALAN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Male aggressors concealing American hackers | TOMAHAWKS |
| Mixing any salt, does one work out formula? | ANALYST |
| Obstruction exists about Romanian money | ILEUS |
| Old batteries regenerated in part of solar system | ASTEROIDBELT |
| Patterned lace that’s seen round supermarket? | TROLLEY |
| People singing mass and operas soon jiggered, grabbing zeds | MEZZOSOPRANOS |
| Pledge puts meat not oddly into boiled soup | BETROTH |
| Renewed emphasis on chairman ultimately being crooked | MISSHAPEN |
| Rooster, an aberrant reverberating entity | RESONATOR |
| Some char is salted, spicy item | HARISSA |
| Summer month mostly with record for drink | JULEP |
| Those producing grouse or beef? | COMPLAINANTS |
| Tinseltown activities in Wales. How bizarre! | SHOWBIZ |
| Watery area, last two quitting line-up prior to mop-ups from time to time | AQUEOUS |