The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,165 - Jan 24 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,165 - Jan 24 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Inexpensive fashion is on the way	MODEST
It's St David's Day, put on yellow flower	MARIGOLD
Liberation! Benedictine on the house!	FREEDOM
Malicious talk about council's leader's footwear	SCANDAL
Monster with very funny name	WYVERN
Old coin Wodehouse trousers following novel nine	PFENNIG
Paddy serving up fortified wines	STROP
Photography technique to record the speed of circuits being discussed	TIMELAPSE
Rubbish singer who worked with M. Wilson?	DROSS
Sung psalm getting husband in the pink	CHORAL
Using common language, mum punches halfwit in charge	IDIOMATIC
Walk aimlessly around Low Switzerland	MOOCH
Waterproof mink coat found in jumble, small hole at the front	MACKINTOSH
Without working Siri, straight line travelling taking ages	ATLENGTH

Clues	Answers
1's in retirement rip-off	SCAM
Act as agent for Milan team; team I'd put out first in Europe	INTERMEDIATE
Amalgamated Co-op's yellow streak?	CHICKENRUN
Bates' matriarch out of fashion for a year? Nonsense!	MALARKY
Came round in casualty, having consumed Chinese pot	AWOKE
Chopin, Rolling Stones covering comic book	GRAPHICNOVEL
Church feature, behold, covered by two newspapers	ORGANLOFT
Corporate action involving a new Head of Sales gets the bird	MERGANSER
Dad's off-break? It must be a new delivery	PATERNITYLEAVE
Display feminine soft top for sexy thermals, say	AIRFLOWS
Dodgy dealing reportedly at work in Shepton Mallet?	INSIDERTRADING
Expressions of surprise about fashionable neighbourhood (or neighborhood)	SOHO
Fire starts off difficult time	ARDOUR
Gustav, on as a comedian, somewhat upset Giacomo	CASANOVA