The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,401 - Mar 13 2020 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,401 - Mar 13 2020 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Help idiot with example, missing the first point	ASSISTANCE
Husband getting a lift, perhaps daily	CHAR
Mug clasped by the setter wearing blue jewellery in Bow?	TOMFOOLERY
Out of place, Mike unfortunately punched by rugby player with ball	MALAPROPOS
Private party admitting soldiers	SECRET
Quarrel very loudly in terrible decree nisi -- not half	DIFFERENCE
Quiet adult leaving US city	SETTLE
Regulars in Boer War imprisoning cold killer	ORCA
Rely on me backing police to seal north London station	EMBANKMENT
Sign of contempt as cook buys bubbly	YABOOSUCKS
Silly me left out of aerobatics	OOPS
Splits fish netted by ship	SHAKES
Tabulated facts first seen in branch of mechanics	STATISTICS
Thank heavens it contains sign of life!	ANKH

Clues	Answers
Article pinned on front of school uniform in exam	ASLEVEL
Avoiding sexually indulgent female, initially -- what a surprise	ASIF
Bliss, maybe of troubled star Monroe	ASTRONOMER
Books found in river -- English course	AINTREE
Brother attending holy church by which you might march down Caledonian Road?	PIBROCH
Class expert possibly needs single to return in hired vehicle on street	TAXONOMIST
Company boss originally kept inside an island hut	SKEO
Complaint made by others agitated over having impaled vermin	SORETHROAT
Decline theatre cancellation by doctor?	DROPOFF
European in glider, his flying trip in Alaska?	SLEIGHRIDE
Fixed small drink extremely daintily	STEADY
Game insubstantial -- whisky not required	ISPY
Gear lifted by thugs, namely, infiltrating American organisation	GIRLSCOUTS
Help found in back of A-to-Z	ABET