January 2 2019 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,152 - Jan 2 2019

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,152 - Jan 2 2019

Clues	Answers
Bay tree not wide	ROAN
Be satirical about Dutch house plant	MOCKORANGE
Bird lost taking off close to ditch	MOA
British caprice ordered manifestation of armed power	TRICEPSBRACHII
Bruised and cut on the tongue	SORE
Called out random number to be put in order	STRAIGHTEN
Calm cop discomposed by cool criminal partner	ACCOMPLICE
Chapel area in gold and blue	ORATORY
Dissent from champion hugging the heartless mistress	HETERODOXY
Enigmatic alumnus tested outside clubs	OBSCURE
Grammatical device that one encounters in Hansard?	REPORTEDSPEECH
Hairy pet for each Welshwoman on boat	PERSIANCAT
Hawk-headed god entertains explosive Titaness	RHEA
Irish woman can start to gossip -- that's tiresome	IRRITATING

Clues	Answers
Large American lorry stuck in Brighton	RIG
Live fish on board as well?	BESIDES
Man one to be flayed soon	ANON
Ms Principal seeing agent's coming round	SPYMASTERS
Mugs people in street for amount to be paid	ASSESSMENT
Notice nothing that causes trouble	ADO
Runner outside failing to finish	SKI
Set piece player involved in scrum	PROP
Shakespearean prince with love that could make one light-headed?	HALO
Such suits as may look well on Amazon?	SINGLEBREASTED
Surgery, evidently reversible, seen in China	OPPO
Tax on goods and service	DUTY
Toxic gas swirling in mix once on B-road?	CARBONMONOXIDE
What's kept in hillsides and vales is delightful!	WELCOME