The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,422 - Apr 21 2020 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,422 - Apr 21 2020 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Military force works to contain Frenchman having last word	ARMAMENT
Old Spaniard in firm runs trial that's incomplete	CORTES
One knocking forest spirits?	GREENWOODPECKER
Plato with commission to destabilise global view	COSMOPOLITANISM
Robust force from Spanish and Babylonian cities	VIGOUR
Secret agent necessarily underground?	MOLE
Sewer, lake and river up in north-east	NEEDLE
Small measure taken to rein in a cleric	IMAM
Staines Massif character Scots hooligan put straight	ALIGNED
Turkish commander edges away from infidel	AGA
Waller took top tip from Roach -- piano's inside	HADRIAN
What might give heart a big shock?	EARTHSHATTERING
Wine produced by Middle Eastern country endlessly	MADEIRA
You could say we admitted to sick satire	ASITWERE

Clues	Answers
Beast taking zig-zag course?	EWE
Big Chief Iron Cuckoo enters stone circle	GERONIMO
Blockhead in Obama's shoes	ASS
Bum around new French location	NANTES
Choice to turn it on after surgery	OPTION
Composer changes not one note, ultimately	VARESE
Depressed daughter to have drink at speed	DOWN
Good results with point to secure at home	WINS
Group cutting worst records ruined me	CROSSWORDSETTER
Hunter in exploit over enormously long period	ACTAEON
Incredibly small alpha male in charge	ATOMIC
Membrane found defective in a primate	PIAMATER
Men returning caught enormous bird	ROC
Mike cuts Roman flower in wood	TIMBER