December 26 2018 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,148 - Dec 26 2018 Clues and Answers

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,148 - Dec 26 2018

Clues	Answers
'Obliterated' some of the bowling and got runs	OVERSCORED
A king entertained by six with others providing wine	VARIETAL
Abroad she joins game, having crossed lake in town	ELLESMEREPORT
Bending to authority, playing on tour is a bind	SUBORDINATION
Blokes accepting university name for chemical substance?	MUTAGEN
Complete process for devaluing stock in report	RIGHTDOWN
Cook to stop, having lost start of recipe	BAKE
Father and grandma trapping island mammal	SIRENIAN
Fellow, a solitary person going round about -- or one with a flighty type?	FALCONER
Fool making mess quietly	GOOP
Garment of scientist given new hem	CHEMISE
Greek character unexpectedly moronic	OMICRON
I'd seem troubled with burden, beginning to crave to be this?	DISENCUMBERED
Ineffectual types, not the foremost troublemakers	IMPS

Clues	Answers
Mad fellow, one with a vocation to eliminate fish	MANIACAL
Man maybe hiding behind identity, in a manner of speaking	IDIOM
Mob there so unruly, causing trouble	BOTHERSOME
Number in club ready to be transferred under pressure	IRONON
Shout of surprise -- two ducks found inside rubbish	HOOEY
Show obeisance hearing the first man on the moon?	KNEEL
Shrubs in shady ground either side of mountains	HYDRANGEAS
Stranger offering glass in the bar?	RUMMER
Tail-less parrot visible to all in what was Portuguese territory	MACAU
Tending to go backwards in crises, ever falling short unfortunately	RECESSIVE
The person looking at newspaper? Not the fellow who goes one step at a time	TREADER
Those with cute chat slammed: 'Stop beating about the bush!'	CUTTOTHECHASE
What's said to feed physics unit	DYNE
Work steadily, with inner guidance, making earnest entreaty	PLEADINGLY