The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,343 - Dec 3 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,343 - Dec 3 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Novel of hauntings? Not H. G. Wells!	FOUNTAINS
Off-the-cuff comment in sad libel	ADLIB
Paw frantically in heather for type of plover	LAPWING
Plate of beetroot, say, with a crimson tinge	REDDISH
Poacher gutted fish for cats?	PRIDE
Quiet! Papa's involved in home-improvement activity. Crazy!	DIPPY
Rectified golf map's means of making route clearer	FOGLAMP
Reportedly check on sad collapse	BREAKDOWN
Retiring flier must receive a settlement	KRAAL
Run out lines initially of new style corsets	ROLLONS
Small vehicle followed by large one, another in-between	MINIBUS
Starving, ultimately regret having left thin watery stuff	GRUEL
Two Americans hearing one will leave from the south	AUSTRAL
Understand paper scrambling to cover hotel death	APPREHEND
Warder, one raising game, accepting back pay?	BEEFEATER
Worried microbiologist, not stoic, possibly in a mess	IMBROGLIO

Clues	Answers
Book a large seat	ALBUM
Brussels ruined typical producers of oil	EUCALYPTI
Colleague developed sea-coast around island	ASSOCIATE
Dieticians: 'Is All-Bran partly fibre?'	SISAL
Doddery OAP pores over a TV serial	SOAPOPERA
Fighter sick with fever cycling round both sides of river	GUERRILLA
Fix again concerning a parking place	REAPPOINT
Flashy singer hugs student	BLING
Follow celebrity that's easy to spot at night	DOGSTAR
Good cricket scores, maybe, provided in fine drawn matches	FIFTIES
House study?	ASTROLOGY
Improve the appearance of space quite like a Clanger?	EMBELLISH
Independent new logo for the White House?	IGLOO
Inundate exchange, taking in million	SWAMP
March in time with soldiers these days	TREAD
More than one spoke of excellent couple	RADII