The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - July 17 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Telegraph Puzzle - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,473 - Jul 17 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
& 20 Across I doubt her fan letters bothered 25 26ac!	THETROUBLEAND
& 26 Across 'I adore her' in Bow (versatile model from Amsterdam?)	MEOLD
'I avoid her' -- Arthur, so saying, means to enter Ireland?	ERINDOORS
, 17 Across & 19 Across 'I serve her,' says the man at the bar? (3,3,4,2,6)	SHEWHO
A burst of hot air to disable works?	IDLEBOAST
A chap's rib with Row 5's middle C -- I've got it in range	CHAIN
A material from space	AREAL
Couples fired up by Christmas Day dalliance	DYADS
I yield: her 50.1% tops my 49.9%	THEBETTERHALF
I'm sorry to admit a mistake so marked beer's put out	EXHALE
In one type of music, you must have the heart to debar plucked instrument	REBAB
In the revamped BTec, introductions to entrance exam oddly inverted	TETEBECHE
Islamic man I see cutting border	RAHIM
Lord Bradman, perhaps, second-to-none	ADONAI
Make new columns for numbers on bill	RETAB
Make play for Clio?	AMUSE
Manufacture pork pies for one entering river port	LIEGE
Minus the trimmings, SW treats served in a shoe? We'll provide the ticket	DREAMTEAM
Pacific atoll that a fun-run takes in	ATAFU
See 23 Down	MUSTBE
See 23 Down	OBEYED
See 25 Down	DUTCH
See 8 Across	STRIFE
Squeezes fruit under palm?	DATES
Stopping short of glycerides and salt, change excitedly	ALLOFATWITTER
Taste something spicy? Not Romeo -- nor I, his rival	TYBALT
Tell someone's alter ego from yours at first sight	NOTIFY
Toast 'Ten!' and 'Tin!' with a cruise for richer/poorer or sickness/health?	UNCERTAINTIES
Use it to apprehend fences of narcotics?	SENSE
What we said to detectives in retreat	DICTA