The Telegraph TOUGHIE Apr 23 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,424 - April 23 2020 - Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
A document creating act	PERFORM
African took part in race, carrying baton	RWANDAN
Agitated, as alternative is leaving bully in charge	HECTIC
American priest to make speech better	AMELIORATE
Attempt to master alphabet's beginning with first three letters in a row -- like ABC?	ELEMENTARY
Authorised escape	LEGIT
Carry equipment of DJ, say, having godlike status	TOTEMIC
Complicated gears pull all but the end organ stops?	EARPLUGS
Country expert perhaps involved in upcoming event Simon organised	AGRONOMIST
Emphasise old resistance is source of tension	STRESSOR
Go over European river that's rising	REDO
I can be yours for a herbal tea?	PICKMEUP
I'll leave bar, being put on 'nil by mouth'	ORAL
Knock dinner up to try to prevent collapse	UNDERPIN
Love London-based bank that produces notes	OBOE
Nearly time when The Sun sinks into obscurity	NIGHT
Observe with sly glance on turning	KEEP
Obtain favourable treatment	PROCURE
Old primates OK fitness class being introduced	APEMEN
Perfect pairing Emma rated going awry	DREAMTEAM
Prelude 'variation on a theme' being withdrawn	INTROVERSION
Prisoner kept in by the authority of succeeding head of government -- this could blow up	GUNPOWDER
Savings at first returning low rate	SPEED
Section of Manhattan Mahler composed	HARLEM
Small detached piece of land won't be available for rent	ISLET
Snake in the grass half-heartedly made sound between a hiss and a rattle	RASPED
Tag geese wandering around river -- you won't find one laying this!	EASTEREGG
Take care of gram plant found around wetland -- very unexpected	MINDBOGGLING
Unable to pay debts, first write your half off	PENURIOUS
Was Spice Girl performing half-cut on noisy tube?	DIDGERIDOO