The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 152 - May 26 2009

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
A prison sentence is past ONETIME
A waster after reform becomes most informed AWAREST
After work's carried out telescope adjusts to sky-blue CELESTE
Allows to climb a stone slab STELA
Among the world's severest challenges EVEREST
Colleges that limit discharge EGEST
Deliberately avoid station's second sidetrack SHUNT
Excessive outlay proves awkward to terminate OVERSPEND
Extraordinary score by American plutocrat? CROESUS
French chalk polluted teaspoons SOAPSTONE
Friend with stricken side is paralysed PALSIED
He charges coppers in a tree ACCUSER
He directs a young star in dance BOSSANOVA
Invitation to sit? TAKEASEAT
It should help you travel to resort in Dutch vessel BUSPASS
Mostly keep Spanish river flowing back into tank RESERVOIR
Clues Answers
Obi-man uses these dark skills BLACKARTS
One allowed in heat running? ATHLETE
One puts back Buddhist shrine STUPA
Pillow torn inside in the style of Ireland's darling ACUSHLA
Poison, one finds it in an ice cream cornet ACONITE
Positively declare generation�s mean AVERAGE
Recording that's pronounced shabby SEEDY
Richard's endlessly working being in charge of meetings CHAIR
Slander from rude speakers without a hint of kindness ASPERSE
Spoons etc, to bale water spilt TABLEWARE
Sportsman hit high in the air SKIER
St Paul wielded a cooking implement SPATULA
Stone thrown for famous seafarer DRAKE
Symbol of authority and respect possibly SCEPTRE
Will's tinker closes trade quickly SMARTLY
With radar around it's nothing to refocus on astronomical object RADIOSTAR