The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - July 21 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,682 - Jul 21 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A nervous response comes after a question of water	AQUATIC
Assumed authority of crew left in case of trouble	MANTLE
Badge mostly used by Mensa insiders and musicians	ENSEMBLE
Bit of a hand needed to cover singular song	PSALM
Campaigned showing signs of nervousness	AGITATED
Challenged, became greatly upset	TOOKON
Challenges of Haggard confronting obstacles	GAUNTLETS
Cheers new methods, ditching bar	OVATIONS
Company girl's long back?	DISNEY
Draw analogies with accepting daughter as friend	COMPADRE
Drinks cupboards used to store acid, originally	ARAKS
Essentially animal sounds in addition	ALSO
Exhausted provincial party supporting employment	USEDUP
Feudal lord of Chinese dynasty occupying Tien, oddly	THANE
Former European politician in split that's unplanned	EXTEMPORE
Getting on track after view across north	SENESCENT
Importance of people to have time under doctor	MOMENT
Leader of sheep taught under pressure	STRAINED
Leather seat wrecked by sweet little child?	LAMBASTE
Lectures broadcast on southern baby birds	STORKS
Mark on head of horse for leading performer	STAR
Millions put on bear image	TOTEM
Offered to host wildly excessive dance	GAVOTTE
Opposites may be pointed out in a second	ANTIPODES
Ring fighter to study enlisted men	TOREADOR
Rising price for organic agent?	RENNET
Something that may cut advantage?	EDGE
Such a bottle best given to person employed in prison	SCREWTOP
There's no end of comfort in amphibian's intelligence	NEWS
Unsuccessful ventures of nameless gaolers of the past	TURKEYS
Voracious type from place east of Somerset	LOCUST
Vote against bolshie tweeter	REDPOLL