The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - August 5 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,691 - Aug 5 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
An ancient more primitive love affair	AMOUR
Bad European function	SINE
Book on cycling was clean	SWAB
Competition adapted garden gnome's cap, making end of pompom round	EGGANDSPOONRACE
Confrontation both sides of divorce intended	DEFIANCE
Crook runs away -- suspect Den has to agree a deal	SHAKEHANDS
Detective essentially quizzing a Hawaiian, perhaps	PIZZA
Dig entertaining love film -- it's lyrical	POETRY
Discover pencil pusher giving away American code	ENCIPHER
Don't change this without set-back during work -- hurry	STEPONIT
Exciting novel out about international development	EVOLUTION
Firm returning some gadget a nit's bought	OBSTINATE
George V and Edward VIII and maybe, Prince Michael of Kent	GRANDSON
Hide point of heroin needle -- it can support one's habit	COATHANGER
Higher direct debit for very quiet milk supplier	UDDER
Horny material in W. H. Auden's introduction upset Nobel committee ultimately	WHALEBONE
In retirement, occasionally, spouse insults garage job	TUNEUP
Initially old puzzles appear quite unusual, even cryptic	OPAQUE
Kylie originally sang all but the opening -- a flipping gold disc follows for this iconic Australian	KANGAROO
Looked into beginning to date after kiss on new year	XRAYED
Merseyside's first safari park starting to change focus rapidly	ZOOM
One man cuts film out -- losing all extreme characters -- and finally appreciates Finding Nemo's craft	NAUTILUS
Perhaps automatic starter sounded buff	KHAKI
Rope lassoing display of cowboy skill, mostly getting rusty	CORRODED
Ruin unloved folk instrument with interminable rock guitar	BANJAX
Scaremonger to skip eating refined butter	JITTERBUG
Seabird circling key tropical plant	TREEFERN
Seat getting lower at one end according to the notes	SOFA
You and I take no time with new exhaust	WEAKEN