January 9 2019 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,156 - Jan 9 2019 Puzzle Clues and Answers

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,156 - Jan 9 2019

Clues	Answers
Alcohol and tea cocktail? Novel!	CIDERWITHROSIE
Asian king is drawn in by smashing pinata	PAKISTANI
Careless bird nears cat, mad about tea mostly	SCATTERBRAINED
Confines devil with prayers, nothing's lost	IMPRISONS
Defend student in former trouble	EXPLAIN
Drake maybe very quiet in turning back	RAPPER
English member and soldier is debonair	ELEGANT
Error in entry about corrupt nature	INACCURATENESS
Fake empty yarn about Tom?	FELINE
Folding money initially pressed by old equipment -- excellent!	ORIGAMI
Former leader at first raw, excitable and good at nothing?	REAGAN
Going round hospital, arrive at poor district	GHETTO
Image software provides ways to enjoy view	PICTUREWINDOWS
Inspect base under old dictator?	EXAMINE

Clues	Answers
Intestinal bile actor is repressing	ILEAC
Is M apparently put in the wrong film?	MISCAST
Island queen, queen for northern Arab	IRAQI
Joint stank less internally	ANKLE
Last of all, engineers weapons taking over third of nation	REARMOST
Lunatic gets eager for festival food	EASTEREGG
Maintain criminal facing life, ultimately, is dead	INANIMATE
Meet in harbour	RECEIVE
Oil company drops Trump, perhaps, in drink	ESPRESSO
Spinning good election?	PIVOTING
Start of Jane Eyre, oddly, with lines about new repository of refined output	JERRYCAN
With nitrogen displaced, vague about what's at the core	NUCLEAR
Youngster takes work, producing annoying advert	POPUP
Zulu entering estate maybe is threatening at first for despotic supporter	CZARIST