The Telegraph Toughie 2020 01 24 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
SIGN PROMISE TO GO AFTER WEEK'S SHIFTS?	WOMENSWEAR
Refused to give husband the covers, and quite fierce about it	WITHHELD
NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DEATH AND SIN	OFFEND
OUTSIDE NORMAL WORKING HOURS, IN TURN: MON -- QUIZ NIGHT, TUE -- CINEMA, WED -- TELLY ...	EVENINGS
Song performed with not so much feeling	NUMBER
Have no initial issue during pre-Christian dark spells?	BLACKMAGIC
Just a little festival	WHIT
Make new changes, winding back time one does?	REEDIT
My boss was up and about to nab it	EDITOR
My younger brother, evidently a Capricorn?	Ourkid
Novel handcuff for backsliding lags	ROMANACLEF
On subject of people (not US) 2 almost caught	THEMATIC
Relief from stinging clash of heads making rugby forward unable to catch anything?	DOCKLEAF
Struggle with force during erection of bloody camera attachment!	VIEWFINDER
The object of which is to make a line of five men explode	GOBANG
Vulgar leader shed some light on accession	AFFLUX
Way of preparing fish that is overseen by UN? Just about	MEUNIERE
At the Fringe, Clarabell dominates Bip and Coco?	CLOWNS
... want day home!	DEARTH
Peep into not so historical centre of poetry	LESBOS
One has succeeded as an American composer	IVES
One given to singing about criminal business?	ATIT
One dismissed, playing Albion with no backs in the event	BIATHLON
In the end it might stabilise what sounds like plain Oriental cooking	TAILERON
Game is pretty empty	ISPY
Francis is sanctified round here	ASSISI
What's noble about extremely acidic Greek commander?	XENOPHON
Alumnus, upset, is initially on the blower	OBOIST

SIGN PROMISE TO GO AFTER WEEK'S SHIFTS?

WOMENSWEAR

Refused to give husband the covers, and quite fierce about it

WITHHELD

NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DEATH AND SIN

OFFEND

OUTSIDE NORMAL WORKING HOURS, IN TURN: MON -- QUIZ NIGHT, TUE -- CINEMA, WED -- TELLY ...

EVENINGS

Song performed with not so much feeling

NUMBER

Have no initial issue during pre-Christian dark spells?

BLACKMAGIC