The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,196 - Mar 20 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,196 - Mar 20 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Insects would get this holy man outside South American capital	MOSES
Iron Lady exuding energy repeatedly	PRESS
Journalists in shed, first to last	HACKS
Like worker returning home from night shift years ago?	BACKINTHEDAY
Maiden squeezed by thin old lover	LEMAN
One helping senior copper outside Dover?	SUPPORTER
Phone everyone, be involved to stir a distant memory?	RINGABELL
Plant, say, found on island? Eagle circles round it	AQUILEGIA
Shabby message from a happy early bird?	WORMEATEN
Shape of abandoned ship reportedly on seaweed	RECTANGLE
Skilled speakers that may give heroic rants, I fancy	RHETORICIANS
Stupor by battle site after soldiers protest	REMONSTRANCE
Swap parts one's wrongly positioned	TRANSPOSE
This writer's suffering setback, crazy and getting on	EMBARKING

Clues	Answers
A gypsy man that's caught on the rebound	CAROM
Animal with gross exterior gets one staring	GAPER
Bank document with particular colour and with particular design	CHEQUERED
Brown water in which Greek character is immersed	SEPIA
Conservative perhaps wanting a strategy immediately	RIGHTAWAY
Express identity with introductory chat	RAPID
Following summary, see without a doubt	PRECISELY
Food in tin served up, spicy but lacking first hint of taste	NACHO
Girls heading off, not the most sensible types	ASSES
Good tendrils could excite this type of plant expert	DENDROLOGIST
Hear a sound sound	CREAK
Historian has time to celebrate American getting rid of king	TREVELYAN
Hospital food served up in Scottish town once	BURGH
How to start preparing soup? Assess the situation	TAKESTOCK