The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Dec 23 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,771 - Dec 23 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Being swindled, as pet-shop customer might be?	BUYINGAPUP
Character, one with worry getting upset -- buttoned-up type?	CARDIGAN
Crooner with suppressed longing is complaining	BITCHING
Eastern guru includes talk about drug confiscation of yesteryear	ESCHEATAGE
Eggy drink with extra egg not allowed	NOGO
End of ten years going round India, abandoning Dhaka finally	DECIDE
Flower to fade, one fading with a small lump inside	DANUBE
Forcefully introduce facility for hungry travellers?	DRIVETHROUGH
Hairstyle upset some poor father	AFRO
Hero fought at clashes, as planned in advance	AFORETHOUGHT
Hold on to final message by the side of grave	GRIP
Journey ends in hotel -- 'The Peal of Bells'	TRIPLE
Kind to waste time and quarrel that could make you weep	SORROW
Like cross-country train during good regular trip	OVERGROUND
Line in article probing religious group	SECANT
Monster bird -- a number of times it crowed -- hard to forget	COCKATRICE
Officials organising lesbian march	CHAMBERLAINS
Our state perhaps gets wealth, English being cunning	MONARCHY
Painter of optical illusions offering nothing for a long time	MIRO
Plant providing nectar, I'd fancy	DICENTRA
Ram is halting, in trouble -- what is called upon to stop the beast suffering?	ANIMALRIGHTS
Sailor with someone wise circling in the distance	SEAFARER
See addict transformed, without minimal cocaine, totally dried out	DESICCATED
Skill of a GP? Nothing to it, Bill!	ADROITNESS
Spring maiden to send out unwanted message?	SPAM
Superior group capsized, stuck in vessel -- it could suggest an emergency	POWERCUT
Swimmer in river down below	SWAN
Wild cricket shots or nicks?	SWIPES