December 4 2018 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,136

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,136 - Dec 4 2018

Clues	Answers
A type of shoe leather I'll leave forgiving	PATENT
Audacity shown by brother facing fool	BRASS
Behind vote for sap	LATEX
Book one boat or another	BARK
Charge one off waiting place	TAXIRANK
Check back for scores	POTS
Cock-a-hoop about former education	ELATED
Decent poems in Montana	MODEST
Get it by feeling temperature, dressed by northerner	INTUIT
Go get a new Pirelli for example	RETIRE
How well-stocked steamers leave port next to Lima?	LADEN
I star with man, a fantastically good sort	SAMARITAN
Incline to prop up Conservative pain	CRAMP
It follows first sign of courage in desperate action	CITATION
Letter used by Tsipras cleared liberal's phoney letter	NULL

Clues	Answers
Need neuter, I suppose	DESIRE
One pound in tax? It'll go over your head	TRILBY
Place for trying vintage bucket, right for yard	OLDBAILEY
Plan what's central to official diplomacy on the left	TACTIC
Rule over what Russian car shows -- an Arctic beast	WALRUS
Scrooge's bloke turning a blind eye to what gets trouble started	MISER
Spread around, enter somehow -- get it?	PENETRATE
Stiffener in old-style boot	BUSKIN
Still starting to step down	SNAP
Stroke troubles son	CARESS
Sweetener in cuppa, rejecting hospital tosh	CARROT
Twenty-five quid dog -- a fashion accessory (of sorts)	PONYTAIL
Usual cost for superior studio	PARAMOUNT
Where you'll see spray surround English lake	LAPEL
Writer about to accept colour of a boat carrying plenty of money	PEAGREEN