The Telegraph TOUGHIE Mar 25 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,407 - March 25 2020 - Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
A pretence by journalist feeling guilt	ASHAMED
A requirement is being admitted -- something baker wants?	ANISEED
Ancient Scottish lord weighed down by gold	AULD
Aussie's to mind his manners, we hear, in place of industry	BEEHIVE
Be off with you! That's scornful, not half	SCAT
Court female in bay	WOOF
Gift of composer capturing the essence of music	HANDSEL
Girl friends? Don't fancies run riot!	CONFIDANTES
Great ire about to be shown to man on pitch? Keep cool!	REFRIGERATE
How some birds fly, showing intelligence?	INFORMATION
I'm a seducing rogue, aiming for this?	MISGUIDANCE
Individual avoiding head, not touching booze left over	NETT
Keen on scripture, I love to absorb it	INTO
Language when ambassador's hatched plot	BREW
Matthew's trousers	LEVIS
More than one bird charges around church	FINCHES
Officer wanting short afternoon nap is most comfortable	COSIEST
Old sailors hanging round a port	ORAN
Patience shown by soldiers facing defeat, spending time in foreign country	FORBEARANCE
Personification maybe driving country	INCARNATION
Pull up in theatre before journey here and there	REPROVE
Risky enterprise involving one unknown composer	BIZET
Royal survivor of short rebuff	PARR
See one that may be boring argue wrongly	AUGER
Sell out seeds finally before spring	SHOP
Something requiring a snap decision	PHOTOFINISH
Take her off the highway -- a dangerous driver	TOAD
Terrible clique seen after meal	TEARING
The old woman, one of the celebs who denies the spiritual?	MATERIALIST
Uplifting Indian music? It may be associated with a culture	AGAR
Weapon in rear with no end of power	STEN
Went by Underground the wrong way in the beginning	DEBUT