The Telegraph - Toughie - March 23 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Mar 23 2018 

Clues	Answers
'Time it right,' he ruled	TSAR
8, 27 say die -- and die again?	CUBES
About to replace last of Old Nick's pots and kettles	HOLLOWARE
Absolute state	UTTER
Admitting crossword people, plus one of 6	THOUSAND
After storm hit methodical mice scuttled out of the ark	OLDHAT
Big event buffets uncatered for?	TOURDEFRANCE
Bishop and deans ignoring dead ringers	BELLS
Buck upset everyone in bar	DOLLAR
Caught in blast, Open's first shot left Couples with this?	LOSTBALL
Couple starting off bright and early, both caught short, needing tree!	BEECH
Define 'slurry' in a way that's easy to understand?	USERFRIENDLY
Departed, holding what aloft? Vogue	THENEW
Detailed quiz set enigmatically about element in it?	QUESTION
Fast mover -- exactly what's needed to stop working of nice try	INTERCITY
Huge hotel, not well stocked, that's unnecessarily extended	MEGILLAH
I agree with second person's pronunciation	ASYOUSAY
Incompetent confectioner can't find a supplier for this?	TOFFEE
John holding up catch on tree-house?	TWIGLOO
No alternative for Tory negotiating horribly tense minute	TEENTSY
Not even letters fill in page -- turn over	FLIP
Offensive, accepting fertiliser as evidence?	TESTAMENT
Old iron fashioned to embellish entrance to abode	DOORNAIL
Outside Court 1, De Niro's funny line for Scorsese?	DIRECTION
Place for cattle, sheep etc -- not bat	FIELD
Range's lower end, supplement for stock?	OXTAIL
Reading up list topped by instrument one may break in?	VIOLATOR
Revoke order from tribunal, unnaturally overturned	ANNUL
What protected front of old full HCl bottles	LORICA
What's kept fluid? Account returns make it clear	CASHFLOW