The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Aug 26 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph Puzzle - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,495 - August 26 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Back objective to replace leader in Hackney?	ENDORSE
Beat criminal up in Slough	PUNISHED
Bizarre content-free media column shared by everybody	COMMUNAL
Dive practice on vacation includes breathing apparatus	PLUNGE
Funny scene employs 'characters', regularly appearing inappropriate	UNSEEMLY
He may buy rounds and drain bottle after golf	GUNMAN
Ignore importance of aristocratic underworld figure?	DISCOUNT
Lady disheartened after exchanging letters in a fitting manner	CORRESPONDINGLY
Leave supporter for one expected to rise to great heights	GOSLING
Massage will reportedly cause irritation	NEEDLE
Measure associated with the pound follows British economic recovery	BOUNCE
Misfortune, as expected, brings discomfort with it	UNEASE
Mute panic when swimming is related to air supply	PNEUMATIC
New College hampered by twelve working with no representation	NONUNION
Peacekeepers clearing tense area of Tours goes wrong	UNRAVELS
Praise responsible individual's time in A&E	ADULATE
Present Only Connect, wanting both sides to get involved	NONCE
Preventative measure quashed by jury rejecting case associated with settlement	URBAN
Rid one's mind of tragic figure stopping sister cycling	UNLEARN
Staff getting on and coping with difficulties	MANAGING
Start school dropping every second set of courses	LUNCHEON
Struggle ineffectually, being near the bottom in the main	FLOUNDER
Substance turning up in drug ingested by couriers	SELENIUM
This car could convey 6	RUNABOUT
What addict maybe did to obtain free drugs once?	SCROUNGED
Wicked king's not part of reason for incoherent state	SINFUL
Wild dog almost biting relative is rather scary	DAUNTING