December 18 2018 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,144

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,144 - Dec 18 2018

Clues	Answers
After docking, side advanced	CUTTINGEDGE
Beam easily lifted	LIGHT
Breaking horse, girl put on metal strap for it?	MARTINGALE
Devil put out, causing harm	IMPAIR
Function as baby carrier?	COT
Get to the point entering data, perhaps	TAPER
Getting nip on front of jaw, a furry animal	CHINCHILLA
Histrionics mostly in tot	DRAM
Hospital with manual worker	HAND
In various ways, when it comes to origami I'm the dude!	MANIFOLD
Initially inestimable daring of legendary hero	IDOL
Isolated individual, one sheltered by wings	LONER
Little sign of regret seeing predator going berserk	TEARDROP
Maybe fine joke is hilarious at first	PUNISH

Clues	Answers
Old Scot chosen to speak?	PICT
Originally journalistic element in specific language	JARGON
Pain, result of working with needle?	STITCH
Probable failure subordinate to setter, perhaps?	UNDERDOG
River in Germany, evergreen	TAMARIND
Slip into river	DON
Small device I'd acquire after week	WIDGET
Sounding like weakness, defeat	FLOOR
Switched over, a new set of pots say?	OVENWARE
Team of Fife partygoers includes misbehaving trio drinking hard	RAITHROVERS
Twinkling beam	FLASH
Unimportant three-in-a-bed affair?	TRIFLING
US state link I removed	CONNECTICUT
Using ground to absorb energy, great idea?	GENIUS