January 16 2019 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,160 - Jan 16 2019

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,160 - Jan 16 2019

Clues	Answers
'Soppy Chops' gets half of kisses planted by Henry	MAWKISH
... what impatient motorist may be doing in London suburb	TOOTING
Afraid delinquent wants answer to waste	FRITTERAWAY
Concerning what dog's doing with bone?	WORRYING
Cook oyster in veg -- it rules!	Sovereignty
Endorse alternating current -- and direct, strangely	ACCREDIT
Err at sea in the wake of vaunted roving explorer	ADVENTURER
Fish caught on land?	HADDOCK
Get a role cast for bosom buddy	ALTEREGO
In small part what Americans did in 1980	ELECTRON
Independent princess coy about stupidity	IDIOCY
Inquisitive writer quits destitute for Conservative	CURIOUS
Island or Blue Note	SKYE

Clues	Answers
Nameless cryptic setter's spin is relative	STEPSISTER
One loosely untied	UNITED
Plump jay regularly overlooked creepy-crawly	PUPA
Rails crossing river where pike may count in competition	TRAMPOLINE
Record noise -- not I fancy an obstacle in church	ROODSCREEN
Rumoured spy, or mole?	PIER
Scrap subtle plays -- bravo going for back of stalls	TUSSLE
Superior maybe that's red in excess?	LAKE
Test 11 protecting soft core	INSPECT
Theatrical performance in that Astaire musical	TOPHAT
What Battersea resident may be doing in London suburb ...	BARKING
Worry intensely? Not very with gas oven set over one	AGONISE
Yak perhaps with Jack Black about diminutive Hawaiian guitar player once	JUKEBOX