The Telegraph TOUGHIE Mar 5 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,396 - March 5 2020 Answers

Clues	Answers
Anaesthetic? I will avoid indication of options	ETHER
Approved bringing in teacher with sense	CLEARHEADED
Brushed last of dirt under tipped-up seats	SWEPT
Carbon leads to more efficient detergent	CLEANER
Compound Greek character inscribed in semiconductor	DIOXIDE
Costume article appearing in finale? Not quite	CLOTHES
Credit left will secure a home extension?	CARPORT
Cut devastating figure in New York, in smart style	NATTILY
Determined to follow with eggs in essence	NITTYGRITTY
Eastern statue, perhaps, last of all to obscure Northern payment	EMOLUMENT
Economy? British Minister heading off financial centre	BREVITY
Education, possibly, is a special extended case	CLASSACTION
Fabric factory no longer ready, needing additional year	TANNERY
Hard time avoiding requests for assistance?	CALLOUS
I rush downhill, perhaps cutting through railway, taking a chance	RISKILY
Inclination to offload first gem	AMBER
Increase limits of radiotherapy for operation	SURGERY
Liking to give off soft charm	ENCHANT
Marine creature, animal without a scale	CLAMBER
New set probing aspect of Chinese philosophy will bear fruit	TANGELO
Popular mix of fun and zeal is something very infectious	INFLUENZA
Ridiculed nameless organisation	SETUP
Simple attitude shown by excellent sort of doctor in Tyneside area	NAIVETE
Sock or socks (inter alia)?	CLOBBER
Sport -- motor-racing -- that's embraced by supporter becoming rowdy	RUFFIAN
Stress? It is apparent in book's heroine	ITALICISE
Trifling group, united in support of Democrat	DALLIANCE
What may provoke anger with s/h typo?	STENOGRAPHY