The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2020 07 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
He's in the dock to wear down old soldiers preposterously STEVEDORE
Sculptor uses this American clobber disguising minute on Queen ALABASTER
E.g. a claret I decanted ARTICLE
First from Telegraph with question for Labour TASK
Hackney and a Liberal council causing intrigue CABAL
Lodging in hot wooded retreat HARBOUR
Five shots of Absolut on ice with -- TONIC
Junk clocks coming from the east SPAM
Oblique poetry on coaches one's forgotten TRANSVERSE
Features of many gardens: ditches SHEDS
Thus see in action monster-slaying hero THESEUS
You might enjoy this fresh in outskirts of Paignton? PRAWN
There's trouble when this is left on travel PASSPORT
Handy pottery, fifty on the shelf DEFT
Scout learning under former leader of pack EXPLORE
Plant to restrain group of self-supporting dealers DAISYCHAIN
Putin's pad? Yes for him with ace central heating installed DACHA
Brawn from church in the course of outings TRICEPS
Camp champion consuming large bit of snail, say TENTACLE
China in place or out of place PORCELAIN
Classic drama repeats showing an impossibility NONO
Close trick tip involving old penny CONCLUDE
Compose tritest forms of Italian fugues STRETTI
Commandeer a good egg, a publicity-seeker PRESSAGENT
Absurdly busy judge initially dismissed law student for digital pro? MANICURIST
Adore more travelling? Get away from here AERODROME
Back having more grass when housing northern animal REINDEER
Bank in contact with peer BARON
The cutting edge of food processing INCISOR
Second story is insipid STALE
Snowy step perhaps is small and cold, children step on it first SCRUNCH
Private bar CLOSE