The Telegraph TOUGHIE May 15 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph Puzzle - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,437 - May 15 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A French drink is not pleasant	UNCORDIAL
Acting like bootlegger, announced dollar per piece of jewellery	buccaneering
Add wrapping around this present, that will be stuck	HERE
Canteen carrying on keeping meal cool	MODISHNESS
Cheat, only to have university raising question	DOUBT
Cockney got love from East End girl	LINDA
College tutor lacking heart	TECH
Criticised good person close to me in a way	ROASTED
Cutting vessel, jugular vein's fluid all over the place	UNIVERSAL
Dessert stain's beginning to disappear from dress	COMPOT
Enigmatic stranger losing temper with bully around	ABSTRUSE
Erratic working to circumvent current standards	CRITERIA
Future surrounding play on golf course is dispiriting	OFFPUTTING
Insecure lady shunning outside with separation	ADRIFT
Is learner driver also in pedestrian area?	ISLAND
Newly target officials restricting old copper	REFOCUS
One unoccupied snug oddly ignored by indulgers	IDLER
Person shrewd, collecting our rent in oppressive manner	ONEROUSLY
Phrase used on first dates?	BEFORECHRIST
President, one of the predecessors to Roosevelt?	FORD
Protein-rich food, case of prize fish turned up	PEANUT
Resident's fall eating baked product	OCCUPIER
Rodent put in fridge breaks porcelain	CHINCHILLA
Rough stray caught scratching around	THUG
Satisfied in peace, lifted beer bottle	METHUSELAH
See about painting hospital being feasible	EARTHLY
Strippers use these very large gatherings to go topless	SOLVENTS
Taken medium English vegetable boxes	CHARMED
Teller against cutting fee, you are told	RACONTEUR
Value characters coming back from retirement	MERIT