The Telegraph – Toughie – May 2 2018

Clues	Answers
A Latin set doing translation — it’s torture	TANTALISE
Challenger is put off, the ego being squashed	DEFIER
Chap spins out of control — one should be denied strong drink	SCHNAPPS
Complaint when beautiful lady clutches vessel wasting time	BELLYACHE
Detective with feeling of contrition about to be let off	MORSE
Fellow about to collect degree, one looking for greener pastures?	NOMAD
Gosh, talk about cheat! There’s confirmation from evidence	CORROBORATION
Greek king construed as true	ATREUS
Head upset everyone, being a star	CAPELLA
Idiot crossing infernal place who wants maximum exposure?	NUDIST
Insulated home protected by electronic device	LINED
Is scrupulous, bringing pet aboard ship	STICKLES
Looking like a star, say, having borne ‘orrible nightmare?	STELLATE
Lydia set to be going out … thus with boyfriend?	STEADILY

Clues	Answers
Maybe horse destroyed 8 crops	PERISSODACTYL
Office worker out of office becoming a model	TEMPLATE
Old lady wants to win one more time	OVERAGAIN
Old service book from Oxford in a library	ORDINAL
Painter in entrance losing footing	INGRES
Pick up win after loss initially	LEARN
Property magnate? One builds up a picture	DEVELOPER
Quietly a prince admits love, one sort of obsession	PARANOIA
Sermon’s beginning with invocation — effusive preacher?	SPRAYER
Stoic gloom’s possibly evident in one studying something big	COSMOLOGIST
Terrible barney next door?	NEARBY
This person has a certain appeal, making a claim to know the answer	IHAVEIT
Well — that is certainly one!	ADVERB
Words of resignation in a message to someone in a different place?	THEREYOUARE