The Telegraph TOUGHIE June 3 2021 Crossword Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,655 - Jun 3 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
After meal fails to start, split punch	UPPERCUT
Black badger regularly taking aromatic plant	TARRAGON
Block steps to secure source of funding	STIFLE
Buccaneer not showing very good speed	RATE
Condition shown by medium dog biting man's bottom	TRANCE
Emphatic view of it is restricting tense team in Bundesliga?	ITSELF
Engineers to get involved in instruction to restore highway	STREET
Enquire about current leading men in religious institution	PRIORY
Experimenter and demonstrator dismissing expert	TESTER
Gather summary has omitted central item	REAP
I travel beside trail filled with colour	IRIDESCENT
I'm not sure to intervene in tax trouble	EXERCISE
Mishap I had when overwhelmed by stress	ACCIDENT
Opinion offered about metal with a lustrous surface	SATINY
Pace is lacking in case	CANTER
Particular rapid way of speaking abandoned by last of Americans?	FASTIDIOUS
Pleasure -- it has returned in Conservative Party?	FUNCTION
Recording being played: something sure to provide surprise	DISCONCERT
Rent adjacent locations in elite area	TEAR
Serious complaint not initially plaguing second person in Paris	GRIEVOUS
Sport arising from running round in square	FOUR
Superior total, sealing game up	ARROGANT
The epitome of romance seen around European places	VENUES
Treatment of wound succeeded -- tomorrow sees female heading off	SUTURE
Unfocused, losing money, snatching wader without thinking?	INDISCREET
Vermin? Note: contact landlord	LICENSEE
Who'll have staff apprehending one leader of criminals?	POLICE
Women's puzzle book overlooked, and not a convincing explanation	WAFFLE