The Telegraph TOUGHIE June 9 2021 Crossword Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,658 - Jun 9 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A critical point as tuition developed	SITUATION
Assumption arising from American chopper on Isle of Man	AXIOM
Astonishing time to get in gregarious mimic	STARTLING
At risk in Limbo possibly collecting poor	ONTHINICE
Boater say by church finds shade	HATCH
Butler's real name? In Spain the reserve gets overturned	GABLE
Calm reported after gin in swinger's bar?	TRAPEZE
Cinders beginning to trust in ugly sister's highlighter?	HASHTAG
Country force abandoning upset Afghan	GHANA
Cover up Ms Peel's fix	DILEMMA
Drop in a right price to settle dispute	ARBITRATE
Eminent composer accepting large maiden causes big confusion	MAELSTROM
Flight where A-lister, say, carries one bit of luggage	STAIRCASE
Got a duck and wept outside old guesthouse?	BLOBBED
I serve one pleading at the bar audibly and otherwise stressed	BARISTA
Illustrate moving epic tale about cross	EXPLICATE
In absentia wife dashes off for Bacchic orgies, perhaps	RITES
Italian e.g. seen wandering about holding zip	GENOESE
Kid is initially bitten by reptile, commonly a fierce fighter	GLADIATOR
Mike with demands for those essential to cover up?	MASKS
No-frills degree, yes just like this	BASIC
Otherwise fair introducing note in Latin below	INFRA
Pope amongst others is hiding what Swiss lays out	FRANC
Puzzled? Ponder in the course of plot	BEMUSED
Remaining endlessly cheeky about chap even on vacation	PERMANENT
Shady district sparkled within	DISHONEST
Short High Street with closure pulled off	TERSE
Some fear a chesty cause of discomfort	EARACHE
This local revitalised stuff used in yards?	SAILCLOTH
Who would judge German city by a river?	TRIER
Who's busy undertaking monarch's guard?	BEEFEATER
Wrap tool quietly at first	SHAWL