February 6 2019 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,172 - Feb 6 2019 Puzzle Solution

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,172 - Feb 6 2019

Clues	Answers
Ancient area that has English investing in precious metal	AGEOLD
Arrangement for April day set in stone	LAPIDARY
Autonomous program used around every election	BALLOT
Comfortably disposing of tin offensive to look at	UGLY
Copper is coming round about to get summary	PRECIS
Expressions of surprise about odd parts of some universe	COSMOS
Eye taking in one tree and river, looking up -- splendid	TERRIFIC
Get last of children out of front of that part of building	TWIG
Limits to sanitary block arrangement	SYSTEM
Monkey blight fixed after brief time	MARMOSET
Negotiation about constant treatment regime	MEDICATION
Newspaper, in covering single Conservative, is unequal when referring to marriage	MORGANATIC
Not in favour of accepting piece cut in newspaper article	COLUMN
Notes eliminating one late flourishing grape variety	MUSCATEL

Clues	Answers
Restaged opera primarily unmusical? That's defamatory	CALUMNIOUS
Severe technique mostly evident in stone	STRICT
Some energy lost in cut? Variable	SUNDRY
Stop shifting taste in food, after reflection	STAGNATE
Support senior officer in post	SECOND
Suspend time lying in state	STAY
Tear round US state in bright colours	GARISH
This includes separate article and second part of sentence	CLAUSE
This represented nothing slightly less than precious or important	HISTORIC
Trial storm after European politician's dismissed	TEST
Unprincipled priest turned up embracing men	AMORAL
Way to work cast in plays following order	MONASTIC
Windswept market possibly providing bit of tack	MARTINGALE
Wrong percussion instrument swamping singular choral performance	SINGSONG