The Telegraph – Toughie – May 15 2018
Published in The Telegraph Toughie Crossword. Tags: ASTERN, BACKSPIN, CHAT, ELYSIAN, EXOPLANET, SANDBAG, South American, TESLA.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Address nail left on top of escritoire |
TACKLE |
| Advertising professional in general so phoney |
SLOGANEER |
| Article on Thailand, mostly — and where it is? |
ASIA |
| Ball slower? Second hurries up |
BACKSPIN |
| Bob, perhaps, one inspired by tough love |
HAIRDO |
| Bully, time and time again taken down |
THREATEN |
| Burning’s burning sensation |
HOTSHOT |
| Collector — of girlfriends? |
RAKE |
| Controller of current that rose at sea |
RHEOSTAT |
| Dry soldier disturbed drunk partner? |
DISORDERLY |
| Female with organ removed, afraid of nothing |
FEARLESS |
| Fire in valley extinguished at the bottom |
INGLE |
| Flower bearing towards the back |
ASTERN |
| Herb accompanying woman back, extremely lazy to vacillate |
DILLYDALLY |
| In manifestation of God, image recalled freedom |
EMANCIPATION |
| Clues |
Answers |
| In on |
HAPPENING |
| Island taking a wallop in the midst of action |
TAHITI |
| Lift some valuables I, arguably, must return |
RAISE |
| Like paradise, any isle in a storm |
ELYSIAN |
| Looking up, disease on the way in alien world far away |
EXOPLANET |
| Old setter good with child |
EXPECTING |
| Part right, but on the periphery |
EXCERPT |
| Physicist entering coordinates latterly |
TESLA |
| Possible ballast to drop, with balloon initially secured? |
SANDBAG |
| Some talking bird |
CHAT |
| South American once preserved? |
INCAN |
| Treasure something sweet on some bananas, say? |
HONEYBUNCH |
| Ultimate in diseases one’s caught, evidence of chickenpox, say? |
SCAB |
| Verify gold teeth? I can’t when false |
AUTHENTICATE |
| Where pub landlords are in prison |
BEHINDBARS |