The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2017 01 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ALWAYS BE RIGHT IN TIRADE, MAKING NOISE THAT ECHOES AROUND REVERBERANT
Awe-inspiring fortification on island to the north REDOUBTABLE
Swiss company had finally got into a comfortable position NESTLED
Short tunic seen around African city RABAT
Story covered by English humanist and French dramatist MOLIERE
KIND OF BOX THAT'S KEPT WITHOUT ITS TOP FACING UP? CONSIDERATE
EXPECTING TO LOSE POWER AS MONARCH REGNANT
Petition for character behind all others in a situation suggesting crisis SUEZ
TWO LOTS OF SOLDIERS GOING TO PARTY, WITH LOSS OF CONCENTRATION RAREFACTION
Acknowledgement of order, not the first I received RECEIPT
Ardent President once giving sign to prophet BURNINGBUSH
Drug cupboard -- guess sailor will go to that BETABLOCKER
Carpenter unusually had same experience as cat in London? SAWER
Block to keep water back? That would be mad DAMUP
Where travellers may get off and dance around American street BUSSTOP
The heartless abuse goes round -- it must be suppressed MUTED
Famous expert on cancer offers model DOLL
Stir created by one leaping into crowd SLAMMER
Celebrations in verse? Ways to put maiden off! ODES
By no means religious, from what we hear NONE
Some exceptional eating -- up will go that weight! TAEL
Indication of illegitimacy given by arbiters troubled about offence BARSINISTER
Ball maybe entertaining any number in the area ZONE
Biblical pop group ABBA
Music-maker needs key, nothing extra ALTO
What is poisonous, completely? Arsenic UPAS
Port with a lot of cargo left dumped ADEN
Mythological female in terrible danger LEDA
Socialist outside restaurant, revolutionary vandal DEFACER
One sip's disastrous -- it's spiked! SPINOSE
Notice dried crumbs -- fatal attraction for mice? RODENTICIDE
This remnant has raised objections STUB