The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2021 03 04

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Told you so -- old Penny's in debt THERED
Welly-boot we regularly found in barge ELBOW
You said cut up wood -- it's prickly! PORCUPINE
Tax initially taken involving typist's hopeless error TITHE
Support from British stock BRACE
Starchy type -- awkward when hot! POTATO
Raw items in hors d'oeuvres I introduced CRUDITIES
Quick shot acquiring prey -- take note NIPPY
Queen's tirade rambling ERRANT
Old historian abandoning States -- understood? TACIT
Not requiring special training, a Parisian's got rid of UNSKILLED
No more time for public OVERT
Mount Everest's two lowest sections require no name STEED
Make short work of cream puff for a start SKIMP
Indeed, service is long! YEARN
Inches from hedge sparrow EDGES
Force misrepresented policeman, Ian, falsely nicked COMPEL
Ecstasy taken by Rod lost its effect WANED
Crush on street making late news STOPPRESS
Bit of rice put in to achieve texture GRAIN
Batty woman visiting Alaska in warm jacket ANORAK