The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Sep 6 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,917 - Sep 6 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Battery connected to trace of optical instrument	CELLO
Become confused backing up some field data	ADDLE
Bill for developing part of plant	LEAFLET
Brilliant deputy head obtains the highest degree, except for one student	REFULGENT
Closely examine report of newspaper delivery	EYEBALL
Dependent on article found in literature	RELIANT
Discharge rates oddly ignored in contamination of Great Lakes	LEAKAGE
Disheartened partner accepts second hopeless case	LOSER
Do awful things to note on instrument	VIOLATE
Elegant letter incorporates overlapping lines	GANTLET
Emergence of main competitor outside of China	ARRIVAL
Foolish lady swallows dubious ruses without question	ASSUREDLY
Having chosen tight top and flares with no jacket, put on thin coat	ELECTROPLATE
Having removed source of anxiety, doctor clears up doubt	SCRUPLE
Her eldest could be mistaken for Lee	SHELTERED
Old college about to introduce programmes involving several language units	POLYSYLLABIC
Part of wall-to-wall coverage includes start of tennis championship	TITLE
Perhaps became prone to compensate too much for daughter	OVERBALANCED
Pick up leads for ecstasy criminals trafficked on county lines	COLLECT
Purge has a tendency to divide religious establishment	CLEANSE
Put back in part of degree lectures	REELECT
Skulked around before inspiring member of parliament departs	PROWLED
Smart wife had picked up fighter	FLYWEIGHT
Spin doctor ultimately abandons threatening piece?	REVOLVE
Spooner's storyteller embellished form of language	DIALECT
Suspect Saul is occupied by what one might do to hide concubine	SULTANA
Urge two universities to support Independent politician	IMPULSE
Whisky drinks deal with staff bullying	MALTREATMENT