The Telegraph – Toughie – Jun 26 2018
Published in The Telegraph Toughie Crossword. Tags: AIDA, DAUBY, OOPS, SKEW, TARIFF, TRIFLE, WHEEDLER, YOUTH.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Asymmetrical small garden in capital |
SKEW |
| At home approve old colour |
INDIGO |
| Average chap conserves energy |
MEAN |
| Beg naughty child to leave learning |
LORE |
| Cause for debate |
REASON |
| Crackpot mostly red tomato lover |
AMORETTO |
| Dessert for 16 |
TRIFLE |
| Epic song Kelly plays after throwing out unknown instrument |
GLOCKENSPIEL |
| Excellent hairstyle for opera |
AIDA |
| Fishy-looking cloud formation? |
MACKEREL |
| Heather’s abbreviated language |
LING |
| Jane’s disaster in film? |
CALAMITY |
| Knight jumped, it’s said, over madman keen to help himself? |
KLEPTOMANIAC |
| Learner swamped by faults swerves |
DEFLECTS |
| Not impressed when ruled out by male editor |
UNDERWHELMED |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Old orderly’s regularly proud to accompany heartless lady |
RULY |
| One who cajoles cyclist to go round head of Dales |
WHEEDLER |
| Sailor providing force in charge |
TARIFF |
| Salesman, creative-sounding, makes witty retort? |
REPARTEE |
| Scholarly, you are, they say, banned from books |
LITERATE |
| Service? Don’t stand on this |
CEREMONY |
| Sluggish island resident catches cold |
INACTIVE |
| Some try out hiking in the period before getting old |
YOUTH |
| Sticky having primarily used brush in 24 hours |
DAUBY |
| Student�s university taken in by top grades at cooking |
POSTGRADUATE |
| Though not loud, rising hoax produces exclamation |
OOPS |
| Tiny amount for Hellenic character |
IOTA |
| Twice converted those, not English, to be successful people |
HOTSHOTS |
| Whole numbers of greetings going astray — not good! |
INTEGERS |
| Wrongly try to exonerate a no-gooder, initially? This person might! |
ATTORNEY |