The Telegraph TOUGHIE Nov 25 2020 Crossword Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,547 - Nov 25 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
21, born before Henry's overthrown	BLAH
A game chap lacks heart for defence	APOLOGY
Aristotle's ninth letter comes from returning nine of ours?	IOTA
Baldrick perhaps found among Mensa's highbrows	SASH
Bess's partner loses head in drunken revel	ORGY
Bird showing lineage, possibly?	EAGLE
Breakdown service rejected enrolling Zulu despot	CZAR
Cavities swallowed by Bermuda Triangle	ATRIA
Complain over my French vacation price	REMONSTRATE
Contrary Greek ephebe is housing dog	PEKE
Daydream about lake inspires verse	REVERIE
Demand one run along the ground	TAXI
Fatherless outcast goes west in musical	HAIR
Fine tiramisu cooked around five o'clock, timeless preference	Favouritism
Girls cheat terribly to acquire hot source of illumination	SEARCHLIGHT
Half of arbiters initially opposed means of defence	JUDO
Immortal wise man cycles around the French	AGELESS
Mockingly interrogate partner about unknown vice discovered	QUIZZICALLY
On the radio, kick a gentle Cockney fan	ACOLYTE
Opening of tropical fruit in warm	THAW
Pardon head succeeding on account of surrender	forgiveness
Petunia, lacking ingredients of pie, provides fish	TUNA
Plastic lute is great instrument	STEELGUITAR
Queen heading north on vessel English considered improved	RECUPERATED
Retreat after female shows talent	FLAIR
Settle up badly	EVIL
Stones Doctor Strange	GARNETS
Swell car mostly occupied by agents	AUGMENT
Team on the rise ejecting United in forthcoming tie	FIXTURE
True determination can cut off offering resistance internally	CALIBRATION
Two-thirds of bridge section is supported by hard debris	RUBBISH
Witty screenplay's outline adopts high tone	SALTY