The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Aug 3 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,898 - Aug 3 2022 Cross

Clues	Answers
According to Spooner, pack journalist's car	HATCHBACK
Beat poet with flair to ad-lib finally	THROB
Characteristic of duvet and a sheet that's worn?	TOGA
Discontented hackers succeeded, capturing heartless tech giant -- unlucky	HAPLESS
Excuse one vital urge with no function	ALIBI
Feature key way to maintain standards	QUALITYCONTROL
Game of golf with par broken around bottom of course	LEAPFROG
Garnish with leaves to cover old, ropey game?	DECKQUOITS
Hair filling out after first cut -- it results in a groovy look	FURROWING
Heavyweight's heading to meet Rocky Marciano -- one might blow it	HARMONICA
Holiday in Spain on southern peninsula	ESCAPE
Husband with issue retreated by hospital -- working with doctor I start to acknowledge neurosis	HYPOCHONDRIA
Joke, for example, Hackney, London's an obscure place	ONEHORSETOWN
Lucky dip bishop operated -- only on the counter	BRANTUB
Mournful English/Gaelic translation	ELEGIAC
One involved Armstrong and Miller's big character -- love dealing with picture	MOONSHOT
Perhaps Sheffield Star's revealed conclusively Simon Cowell appears to have cosmetic alterations	LOCALNEWSPAPER
Privy Counsellor ultimately consumed American grub	LARVA
Removing all restrictions on the nerd and his lab leads to breakthrough	HERNIA
Rotten and Vicious after withdrawing Virgin's debut for meddling	OFFICIOUS
Second-rate celebs form bubbles	BLISTERS
Several months touring regressive, almost racist, comic character	YOGIBEAR
Snubbed Runyon's Detroit drinking bar -- it's volatile	NAPHTHA
Some buy e-book about respect	OBEY
Sweet cryptic clue accepted by Daily Telegraph initially	DULCET
Travel at high speed in pursuit	CAREER
Up and about, protecting endangered species	PANDA
Watch band making American sort of welcome	TICKERTAPE

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