The Telegraph TOUGHIE June 30 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,670 - Jun 30 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
& 16 Down Conkers is rough, we hear -- heading for trouble with head-butt during game	HORSE
& 23 Down Subject was once steaming drunk -- did waiters tell?	DISTILLED
& 29 Across Thatcher's cross about psychological assessments	RORSCHACH
& 4 Across Drummer's outside with large chain piercing, tattoo and mullet, maybe finding booze	DRINK
A touch of numbness on tongue, diminishing a flavour	ANGELICA
Build up a band on the radio	ACCRUE
Displays some Essex postcodes	EXPOS
Doctors perhaps showing flattery works	SOAPOPERA
Drawing toy signage occasionally	TYING
Enthusiasm about ace tuba player's sound?	OOMPAH
Environment Agency requires public protection for gorge	OVEREAT
European Community still jubilant	ECSTATIC
Grow furious -- son's expelled after student looked lecherously	LEERED
His or her successor is on time	THEIR
Hopeful mostly desire new President	WANNABE
Moose knocks over beam	SPARKLE
Party tense after ignoring leader of discrimination report	DOCUMENT
Pasta, oddly packed in gift bag	KNAPSACK
Perhaps, Dean's cool mischievous streak	ICESKATER
Pull dustcart, taking back bottles	ATTRACT
Record difficult tie before disastrous semi	ITEMISE
See 1 Across	LIKEAFISH
See 1 Down	WATER
See 28 Across	TESTS
See 8 Down	CHESTNUTS
Show recipe for starter after no-frills lunch for stranger	UNCANNIER
Smoke deposit turned up after Fifth of November -- could be related to muscle pain	MYALGIC
Something to light leading actor in bed	CHEROOT
Stretched out, taking refined drug to relax	LOUNGE
The compiler is on time, but essentially unprepared	IMPROMPTU
Using ruler to wrap present is shrewd	KNOWING
Viz magazine's cutting picture	IMAGE