January 3 2019 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,153 - Jan 3 2019

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,153 - Jan 3 2019

Clues	Answers
Comradeship until the end of time, we hear!	FRATERNITY
Cunning incorporating maturity with wisdom	SAGELY
Edible crustacean, Marines catching the one in boat	SHRIMP
Head admitting education flipping dull	DEADEN
Lacking will to take Queen's highway	INTERSTATE
Moving empty incubator cutting cord	STIRRING
New mountain climbing chart	PLAN
Notch heartlessly cut by old man getting divorce	SEPARATE
Oddly easier to take in course and pass	ELAPSE
Officer reportedly shows soft heart	KERNEL
Playful cats lacking energy in silence	SKITTISH
Poor person born almost destitute on reflection	BEGGAR
Quick hugs providing calm	PACIFY
Relation accepting the past over and over	BEYOND

Clues	Answers
Rigour of former exploit topping sex, you'd declared	EXACTITUDE
Rising wave occasions course changes	YAWS
Saint continued turning wicked people	DEVILS
Sees sweetheart upset in bars	ESTOPS
Skin is pale and light after vacation	PELT
Some lover to neglect innuendo	OVERTONE
Sound judge imprisons beak being brought up	RESONATE
Speaks of bad habits without love	VOICES
Starts to snivel or blubber, say	SOBS
Steed is back restraining unbelievable performing	STALLION
The cat fed, missing starters, becoming angry	HEATED
Too French, outsiders switching positions and insulting project	PROTRUDE
US military prison term with zero relapsing	PENTAGON
Worrying girl's finding ladder finally in hose	DISTURBING