The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,922 - Sep 14 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,922 - Sep 14 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A short ruler's similar	AKIN
Abridge Sherlock Holmes, initially on Gold, and on catch up	SHORTEN
Aim to have unconfined lions in big top's opening	INTENTION
Auction item with American sports car	LOTUS
Banishment from unisex pool arranged after dropping a zip	EXPULSION
Call publisher originally to replace book jacket's design feature?	LAPEL
Doctor Who and Davros absorbing essence of Red Dwarf	OVERSHADOW
Fool hiding small kink	TWIST
Generous promises to pay after limit placed on account	CAPACIOUS
Guess it's sugar making middle of ice-cream very soft	SUPPOSE
In hotel it is totally snobbish	ELITIST
Lastly, you mentioning occupational injury is threatening	UGLY
Matt fixed puncture	FLAT
Mean policeman with attitude to race?	MIDDLEDISTANCE
Number one fast food staple? Hamburger's a favourite, ultimately	CODEINE
Old lady getting into smack on get away -- arms are used here	SHOOTINGRANGE
Peacekeepers and press wanting right association	UNION
Problem with seabird penetrating bone	STERNUM
Questionable Lib Dem plan not including university for Harlow, famously?	PLATINUMBLONDE
Regularly visiting guest, unable to get regular order	USUAL
Singers some paper reported	CHOIR
Sportsman's warning over athlete's predecessor	FORERUNNER
Start to record with two taps after introduction to Amazon Prime	ARCH
State of Delaware ignoring Washington over carbon	DECLARE
Taxi Driver, for example, dropping straight outside international court	MOTIONPICTURE
Two chums having webbed feet	PALMATE
Use cipher once to follow agents' farewell	CIAO
Verdi composed lines -- adding finishing touches for The Leopard made little sense	DRIVELLED
Wearing down gearbox occasionally -- is reversing working	EROSION
Writer's stomach churning dash	BRIO