The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,427 - Apr 29 2020

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
Bad person's object of worship set up as one outshining the rest DOGSTAR
Beautiful female, wife with one good hairpiece PERIWIG
Bird with supposedly supernatural power over family MANAKIN
Church involved in something tacky gives request for silence TACET
Complaining about parking becomes addictive GRIPPING
Dear seen to be excited by player finally -- has he succeeded? SERENADER
Ecclesiastical offence is about cash -- curate finally put away SIMONY
Erotic little woman at end of street meeting male finally STEAMY
Explosive claim of someone who has annexed territory? LANDMINE
Few OK, struggling with hard time? That's far from the truth WIDEOFTHEMARK
Gelatinous substance from a fish? A fish! AGARAGAR
Lying as the solution to one sort of problem? BEDREST
Note Mahler maybe failing to finish song PSALM
Number joining bishop in time to join eastern ritual before Easter TENEBRAE
Clues Answers
One destined to succeed, just as reported? There's a price for being on the up! AIRFARE
Previously travelling nowhere without husband ERENOW
Record kept aboard ship -- one's showing presence of deadly bacteria SEPSIS
Rejection upset boy -- is girl hiding? DISMISSAL
Spoil charlady naughtily, rendering love songs maybe RHAPSODICALLY
Story in the Spanish inn that's uplifting and that can be told RELATABLE
Support good queen going about old city keeping dry BUTTRESS
To compile difficult? Nothing in it! HOARD
Unpleasant quality of wine going to the head after end of luncheon NASTINESS
Very little desire in these people losing heart completely TITCHY
Was glitzy snow vehicle seen outside recreation area? SPARKLED
What rowing may become when ego is let loose! WRONG
What's not good about novel being hit? BASHED
Yacht is at sea in ancient region SCYTHIA