The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2024 01 04

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Irish writer quick to support king's son JONATHANSWIFT
Leading figure to make small point in front of our group's historian HERODOTUS
Look after new money after dropping penny NURSE
Mockery and a lot of anger over US city IRONY
Number covered by dreadful group BAND
Post Office, suppressing recent failure, compromised image PHOTOBOMB
Schoolboy howler not at first recalled PUPIL
Yearns to be seen around facilities in underwear LONGJOHNS
Union arrangement ended quiet operation CLOSEDSHOP
Such, if replanted, will lead to a blossom FUCHSIA
I feel bad backing lad's affair LIAISON
Goes on binge, losing head -- wakes AROUSES
Frighten one away from person following regime DETER
Fine, perhaps, to fight where shootout occurs? PENALTYBOX
Favourite time, tucking into dessert? One could shift some drink PIPETTE
Failure to limit minor upset for busy German city DUSSELDORF
Expression of love involving ultimately playful smack FLAVOUR
Don't come to see comedian STANDUP
Crime discovered after quantity of money turns up ROLLSIN
Chief plant-holder, overturned, almost cracked TOPBANANA
Celebrity flat is a place for comment? NOTEPAD
Applied transfers HANDSON