The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - July 7 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph Puzzle - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,466 - Jul 7 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Estimated period to complete work is surprisingly elastic', this writer interjects	TIMESCALE
Amusing trait strangely causing great distress	TRAUMATISING
Bread for variety of birds	PITTA
Errors when texting certain blood donors, we hear	TYPOS
Experienced university oarsman's back on river	UNDERWENT
Eyes on Amy wrongly getting reward for little effort	EASYMONEY
Faithful ally, excited to receive Oscar	LOYAL
Having lost weight, injured otters eat well; do they always avoid slugs?	TEETOTALLERS
He and CO seen together, symbolic of what?	GASES
Intended new model will break virtually all rules	CONTEMPLATED
Net prices fixed for review once again	REINSPECT
Obstinate type describes elected American congressman originally as very unimportant	MINUSCULE
On vacation, repeatedly exasperating guests before noon order such dish	EGGSBENEDICT
Place of retreat when becoming overwhelmed by Love Island?	OASIS
Pouch aboard airline guards regularly ignored	BURSA
Record second case of occultism in Derby home	EPSOM
Regulations initially one changes, covering fifty competitions	RIVALRIES
Reportedly took steps to apply adhesive	PASTE
Retired relatives keeping energetic	VITAL
Shabby state of children in over half of Essex	SEEDINESS
Show contempt for dad overturning fruit split	DISAPPEAR
Silent first officer, inept to forget uniform	NOISELESS
Spend lots of money installing switch in jet	SPLASHOUT
Split, Croatia's top port?	CLEFT
Tail end of film we skipped	STERN
Turn away from East London footballers, shortly after endless team reverses	DISORIENT
Untrustworthy daughter, she is not reforming	DISHONEST
Yarn, story about vacuous showgirl	LISLE