The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,161 - Jan 17 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,161 - Jan 17 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Painting, one bound to lift company	FRESCO
Paste that's watery, and a filling one	TAHINI
Queen informally to sanction ditching pound	BESS
Racegoing odds are cut in long term	AEON
Rude man is upsetting female carer	NURSEMAID
Section of church to lose faith when liberal's removed	APSE
See 1 Down	PARTICIPLE
See 8 Down	CAKE
Sharks can be seen on this, in bid to make one part with money	SALESPITCH
Star is paid, incorrectly, for something normally developed in-house?	ASPIDISTRA
Time and space traveller brought back non-meat protein	TOFU
Tory federation admitting slip held consultation	CONFERRED
Transport that power-steers? The other way round!	OXCART
Wandering sailor, transported, had objection	ABSENTMINDED
Whirlwind romance's ending -- yen goes after two days	EDDY

Clues	Answers
& 14 Down Wrapping it up in fancy plastic paper is what'll help make present perfect	PAST
& 25 Down Promoted team relegated -- it should be more fruitful in lower division!	UPSIDEDOWN
Agatha Christie detective (not the Francophone) turned over carriage	PRAM
Ancient language featuring sacred syllable that's swallowed, perhaps of Attic origin?	HOMEBREW
Attempt to acquire information that'll be needed to get engine going	BIGEND
Breeder supplying mock croc, auditors find? On the contrary!	propagator
Considering rearrest?	DELIBERATION
Deceive mobster over the counter	HOODWINK
Element opposing energy being extracted from tin	ANTIMONY
Fixing what pirate perhaps gained and lost?	HOOKANDEYE
Group engaged in mechanical recitation as sign of support for party	ROSETTE
House journal's difficult to find answer in	HANSARD
Mean adult becoming old? Too much so!	OVERAGE
Most unctuous way to attract attention, with art deceiving?	OILIEST
Ordering a stiffener containing gin that's dropped in	ALIGNING