The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Oct 8 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,520 - October 8 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
& 17 Across Like scorer of try, one going round to keep things moving	BALL
'Assassin in Japan' covers it	NINJA
All express disapproval of appeal being overturned	TUTTI
American in diner's ordered fish	SARDINE
Between east and west coast cities we find a species of antelope	NYALA
Break into song -- but you won't raise the roof in this kind of venue!	OPENAIR
Chinese man's best friend has university pursuing his revolutionary 'How to Zoom for Beginners'	SHIHTZU
Congressman produced fake news, made comeback	REPLIED
Cutting answer bringing up nothing good	AXING
During summer month, Russian flower's opening	INAUGURAL
Given lager, drunk's making the most of the situation	LEVERAGING
I clean out wound and protect from disease	INOCULATE
Illegally take web address over, cracking digital access code	PURLOIN
In favour of Ukrainian government's detaining of Russian composer	PROKOFIEV
Keen sense of hearing catching ends of dying note	EAGER
Member of Doves joins Mud -- disc released to be hit	CLAYPIGEON
One having two pints outside home before start of extended period of isolation	QUARANTINE
Overdose on wine after serving up more rum	ODDER
Part of plant insect recycled	LEAF
Print of ruined, disused lighthouse outside Knock	LITHOGRAPH
Reformed prisoner, with term discharged, enlists	ROPESIN
Reverse farm vehicle bearing scrap	TRACE
Saw Blackburn player perhaps going into lead	PROVERB
See 6 Across	BEARING
Settle around Skye, perhaps to make cloth	PAISLEY
Sickly -- to conserve energy, adjust diet	WEAN
Something to be taken late in the morning	EXAM
Sought to reform media	AIMED
Stop supporting paper record of event logged digitally	TIMESTAMP
Towards the top, it's on either side of right and left, and it smells	NOSTRIL
Two odours in timeshare possibly equine	MUSTANG
Without a scratch -- not hard when opponent is this?	UNARMED