The Telegraph TOUGHIE Feb 18 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,386 - Feb 18 2020

Clues	Answers
Advertise footwear protecting back of legs	BOOST
African expedition exposed overseas, perhaps	AFAR
After losing case, tyrant has to employ advocate	ESPOUSE
Beginning to develop new way to go up in the world	NASCENT
Callous crime ransacked bar	MERCILESS
Care about first person to enter retirement	SOLICITUDE
Charity worker on strike	HANDOUT
Curse felon's ruse to change desirable property	RESOURCEFULNESS
Exotic island bordering Guam distributed potpourri	SALMAGUNDI
Flock initially caused damage	CHARM
Harmonised short anthem penned by revolutionary	RHYMED
Impressive online image?	EPIC
Large plant beginning to bottle four different types of claret	BAOBAB
Letter from abroad captures skilful pictorial representation	TABLEAU
Perhaps select pictures for office in religious establishment	CURATE
Police officer impounds stolen material covering sensitive areas	DHOTI
Post on social media that's short and sweet	TWEE
Represent someone myself -- that's provided for everything	PERSONIFY
Seize two principal assets of greedy tech company	GRAPPLE
Setter related to Serpent?	ASPIC
Social workers' brief ultimately failed to protect child	TERMITES
Swede's routine win accepted by driving club	RUTABAGA
Trade fair has allowed for nothing specific	EXPLICIT
Transport company resent moving base south	CONVEY
Uncertainty following start of dispute with union is spreading	DIFFUSION
Very large portion of chicken or moussaka	ENORMOUS
Villain misled counsel about daughter whose body's disappeared	SCOUNDREL
What covers individual's head?	TOPI
Wife has to eat again outside tent?	REDWINE