The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,655 - Jun 3 2021

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Clues Answers
After meal fails to start, split punch UPPERCUT
Black badger regularly taking aromatic plant TARRAGON
Block steps to secure source of funding STIFLE
Buccaneer not showing very good speed RATE
Condition shown by medium dog biting man's bottom TRANCE
Emphatic view of it is restricting tense team in Bundesliga? ITSELF
Engineers to get involved in instruction to restore highway STREET
Enquire about current leading men in religious institution PRIORY
Experimenter and demonstrator dismissing expert TESTER
Gather summary has omitted central item REAP
I travel beside trail filled with colour IRIDESCENT
I'm not sure to intervene in tax trouble EXERCISE
Mishap I had when overwhelmed by stress ACCIDENT
Opinion offered about metal with a lustrous surface SATINY
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Pace is lacking in case CANTER
Particular rapid way of speaking abandoned by last of Americans? FASTIDIOUS
Pleasure -- it has returned in Conservative Party? FUNCTION
Recording being played: something sure to provide surprise DISCONCERT
Rent adjacent locations in elite area TEAR
Serious complaint not initially plaguing second person in Paris GRIEVOUS
Sport arising from running round in square FOUR
Superior total, sealing game up ARROGANT
The epitome of romance seen around European places VENUES
Treatment of wound succeeded -- tomorrow sees female heading off SUTURE
Unfocused, losing money, snatching wader without thinking? INDISCREET
Vermin? Note: contact landlord LICENSEE
Who'll have staff apprehending one leader of criminals? POLICE
Women's puzzle book overlooked, and not a convincing explanation WAFFLE