The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,188 - May 15 2014

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A great deal's left buried that is good for the garden MULCH
A short way to stop sounding dry SARDONIC
Abandon Beethoven's Ninth in ferment LEAVEN
Catch backsliding spouse right away ENTRAP
Chaplin thankfully embraced projection PLINTH
Chords preceding endless song and dance with verse in that is lyrical EFFUSIVE
Ex Sloaney hairdresser making a comeback -- he's a laugh HYENA
Flighty singer's frolic SKYLARK
Four possibly cut off before one or more than one spoke RADII
Half of pubs and small hotels -- King's Head included -- will offer late session LOCKIN
Hell's Angel ringing about Clash BICKER
Hotchpotch dish with duck and ginger root scattered in flatbread POTPOURRI
Inconsiderate 'e-man like Peter Crouch -- ignore spelling! UNKINDLY
It could be night-watchman is stumped and given not out STANDIN
Mad to live with drunk old yob BESOTTED
Midshipman on liner now and then -- knockout vessel PIEDISH
Clues Answers
Peacemakers question male first to establish identity UNMASK
Possibly retrieve fleece TEG
Recycle intermittently? The opposite is solution LYE
Smorgasbord with its cheap ingredients PASTICHE
Sovereign wanting answer is put in danger IMPERIL
Standard journalists surmounting resistance PAR
Stick plug in this place ADHERE
Support for outstanding work RELIEF
Take chair in workplace without one half of seat OFFICIATE
Two run-of-the-mill starters take the edge off meal in club TRUNCHEON
Unusual Bellini opera delves into heart of story ABNORMAL
Vandalise nominated play area REC
When we sit down to eat polenta, for instance, a herb is called for MEALTIME
Where manicurist keeps clippings and equipment? NAILFILE
Wine buff pigeonholed turned out neither grand nor heading for dipsomania OENOPHILE
Writer's outwardly no-nonsense pasta PENNE