The Telegraph Toughie 2019 11 07 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
TUCKING INTO DARJEELING (A TEA), UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE	GATEAU
INDICATE PLAYER IN AN OFF-SIDE POSITION	POINT
Block record first episodes of Just a Minute	LOGJAM
Poet's song of praise unfinished in scripture reading?	RHYMER
Brussels to support 50% reduction of defence element	MILIEU
Small space stocking beer, where lots get hammered	SALEROOM
Stop knocking back meths, having dumped husband	STEM
Swell to drop by on sucker in the US	POPINJAY
Weak, backsliding constituent of Iron Lady?	FEMALE
Drive ball, knocking the covers off in match	RIVAL
Fashionable crowd avoiding Spain this month	INST
Shaky batting, getting 13	INFIRM
Quaffed, according to Connery, in cheap joint?	SHANK
Photographs capturing whistle-blower given title	PREFIX
Part of Manhattan -- you should eventually see summer here	EASTSIDE
One getting into the groove down on the floor?	TONGUE
Mother buried dog's body	STIFF
Leave former partner over sexual relations	EXIT
Find shelter in 5th Avenue	HAVEN
Inquisitive lad returning last thing on Friday	NOSY
I moan & moan furiously -- it's an obsession	MONOMANIA
Hired gun in metal band?	ARMLET
Capital city regularly excusing truancies	TUNIS
Sweet thing from Mauritius mixed with upper-class once	TIRAMISU
A kid's gone off the rails, as Hogarth saw the mother?	GINSOAKED
High snow drifts engulfing Oscar, going like the wind!	WHOOSHING
Immature youngsters left adult rave drunk	LARVAE
Juliet Harrison's touring coastal features	FJORDS
Military might sack captured soldier (engineer, rtd)	FIREPOWER
With which to augment -- when ground -- a light cappuccino?	NUTMEG

TUCKING INTO DARJEELING (A TEA), UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

GATEAU

INDICATE PLAYER IN AN OFF-SIDE POSITION

POINT

Block record first episodes of Just a Minute

LOGJAM

Poet's song of praise unfinished in scripture reading?

RHYMER

Brussels to support 50% reduction of defence element

MILIEU

Small space stocking beer, where lots get hammered

SALEROOM