The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SEE 14 ACROSS NIGHT
SEE 18 DOWN NOWELL
& 8 Across Len is stupidly tipsy round mid-morning in 17ac SILENT
'Fragrance' from tramp enveloping Scottish port BAYRUM
... chatter among Saints follows! STALKS
14ac could design decoration TINSEL
Funds The Telegraph returned for nutty article CASHEW
& 13 Down, 15 Down 17ac -- mystery or legend? Agreement is uncertain, article being mislaid GODRESTYE
& 10 Across US taxmen caught in heist -- no issue for 17ac THEFIRST
Bet you all need kissing for starters, close to mistletoe? Ecstasy! YANKEE
Great he may be, but disposed to be gloomy! DANE
Groom loiters uneasily: 'I may be jilted' OSTLER
Time to plunder pudding? TRIFLE
The setter gets notice -- for sauce? MEAD
That man is discussed in 17ac HYMN
Tense success achieving double ... TWIN
Swallows -- rising head to tail -- seen in commercials PLUGS
She resides in bachelor actor's retreat CAROL
Member of clergy is always interrupting break REVEREND
Margaret supports 17dn maybe, a spicy item! NUTMEG
Killer question? WHODUNNIT
Hide in Speaker's bed? LIELOW
SEE 7 ACROSS MERRY
SEE 7 ACROSS GENTLEMEN
Subject to confusion, having long time sharing party line? ONMESSAGE