The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,461 - Jun 26 2020 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,461 - Jun 26 2020 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Mate being miserly -- about right, with average rise of lease	SPARRINGPARTNER
Missing Spain is relative -- I'll go to Portugal for free	UNCLIP
Nothing odd about bard -- ode's well versed and makes sense	ADDSUP
One's first scampi -- one 'erbert grabbing the middle bit	PIONEER
Place for kids distilling what Shakespeare did, often with a twist	PLAYPEN
Rash kind of film that's cut by half	EPIDEMIC
Rear neighbour that makes parping noises	TUBA
Regret taking on Liberal before run as PM?	RULER
Something for cooking that's gastronomical or partly recycled	CALORGAS
Sounded out breaking contract, being of unsound mind	DERANGED
Sports event in pool where this person's invested half of capital	BIATHLON
Tackle soldier accosting the woman wearing a plain woolly	PARAPHERNALIA
Tight somewhere in America, involved in theft of pound, apparently	PENNYPINCHING
Wild one inhabits pubs and clubs	BARBARIC

Clues	Answers
A particular kind of interest in one's underwear?	VESTED
Aquatic dipper, one of a pair	SCULL
Boring scripture-packed commercial	ARID
Broadcast by deerstalker who cares?	SOWHAT
Celeb snappers making turnover in less familiar publication	NEWSPAPER
City should net cross by forward with great ability	EXPERTLY
Close in on border south of central Accra	CONVERGE
Displays with decorations navy's presented followed song and dance	ADORNS
English course in north-west, skipping excellent French course	ENTREE
Floral patterns woven in this cardigan, notable for design	BOTANICALGARDEN
Gloomy second novel unfurls endlessly	MOURNFUL
Go like a Transit?	VANISH
Leave as, say, saxophone backing comes round second time	DESERT
Maiden fifty recorded after wild iguana holds game up	INAUGURAL