The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Jun 23 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,875 - Jun 23 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Agreement about operation to reverse poverty	PENURY
America, say, elevated idiom	USAGE
Argues against timeless puzzle	REBUS
Around Calais I recalled part of ship in marine debris	JETSAM
Bottle containing a lot of drink, judging by eye	VISUAL
Church Father wrapped in older sheets?	RICEPAPER
Circus performer of note entertaining the French	FLEA
Friend back in court, facing charge? Nonsense	CLAPTRAP
Instrument maker stripping casing of woodwind instrument yesterday in Amiens	LUTHIER
John and Mark at first become more prominent	LOOM
Leeway shown by account in theatre poster	PLAYBILL
Local government group in city beginning to heed lawyer when speaking	PARISHCOUNCIL
No opening for group court case	ACTION
Occupy hotel -- soon to accept that	INHABIT
One newly famous symbol of eroticism, mostly substandard	PARVENU
Opening comments in quiet talk vaguely about energy	PREAMBLE
Pardon Minister shedding tear about snoops mostly	REPRIEVE
Passionate romance enthralling Mike	STORMY
Place swathed in unadulterated colour	PURPLE
Players get disturbed about old treatment for internal problem	CASTOROIL
Pursued switching bridge partner for nothing	NOUGHT
Put up with sound of activity coming from us	HUMOUR
Remarkable Irish airport no longer under consideration?	KNOCKOUT
Resolved actual origins of body tissue	CARTILAGINOUS
Run into bone in pit -- nasty	HORRIBLE
School is out? Head of Physics coming in for drink	SCHNAPPS
Small muscle, nothing less -- not really there at all	SPECTRAL
Stop offering crosswords initially clued day earlier	OCCLUDE
Theatre song gets a further look?	REPLAY
University abandoning agreement about course rendered void, making particular point	NICETY