February 14 2019 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,177 - Feb 14 2019 Puzzle Solution

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,177 - Feb 14 2019 Answer

Clues	Answers
& 15 Down Leave in instant? That's doubtful, if he's around!	SAINT
, 30 & 10 LOL! It's self-evident to all manoeuvring for a romantic proposal from 21ac 29! (4,2,2,4,4,2,4)	LETSDOIT
A damsel in shambles? Might he help?	LADIESMAN
Backing Cable's department?	PROVINCE
Bloomers mount up endlessly under leaders of laundering investigation	LILACS
Boorish learner twisted bridle around	ILLBRED
Closing bars cancelled tentatively -- Lord Lieutenant's gone, though	CADENCE
Devil in the style of leaping creature	IMPALA
Drink left by casualty in a state?	PORTER
Elderly monarch that's maybe slack, reportedly?	COLE
Giant poinsettia unfortunately lacking elements of poise	TITAN
How they used to deliver snare drums -- unload ship, then dismantle	UNDERARM
Hurry inside clinic to find Arab	SARACEN
It's a shade dear in France with trains getting revolutionary	CHERRYRED
Keen songstress from the east	AVID
Lays over on outskirts of Dundee, with son	ODES

Clues	Answers
Odds -- or the positions of 11 among soldiers?	EVENS
Paint handle in teal (just alternate sections)	ENAMEL
Present carer's inexperienced	TENDER
Refuse to go underground here?	LANDFILL
See 1 Across	INLOVE
See 1 Across	LETSFALL
See 13 Across	VALENTINE
Source of a three-minute warning?	EGGTIMER
Stay in Bow?	DEFER
The setter's in the midst of bigoted witch hunt -- idiot!	DIMWIT
This crusty creature lives next to old school	ISOPOD
Turning left's wrong: one landed on the centre of Oz!	SINISTRAL
University's top art dept poorly decorated	TARTEDUP
Very beautiful and posh young lady I can set out to embrace	ANGELIC
What couple might be doing after 13 15's intervention -- directly heading for treasured ring!	DUETTING
Youngster showing leg?	CALF