The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,520 - Dec 18 2015

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Back part of dress, not obvious when front half is reversed BUSTLE
Boat propeller area in sweeping motion making rapid progress SOARAWAY
Border company with connections present global 50-per-cent share? HEMISPHERE
Brawl in wood clearing DEFRAYAL
Composer more appropriate for radio? WRITER
Endlessly keep prisoner in place of internment STALAG
Hipsters mostly tolerate having no money around BEATNIKS
Inflammatory person unbalanced on stairs ARSONIST
Inordinately proud to possess personal power shower? DOWNPOUR
Keeper fell, following selection for national team CAPTOR
Leave problem with one of computer's arrow keys? UPSTICKS
Lingerie's lingerie? Much of it's white RIESLING
Low-growing plant with chlorine in excess CLOVER
One lizard primarily lives in sun, like this tropical one? BASILISK
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Pare zest twists in swingers' bars TRAPEZES
Perfidious person, Liberal, going after women's facility WEASEL
Persistence of team in healthy years FIXITY
Possibly Japanese patch with stone covered by unflowering plant FAREASTERN
Prepared to rise and depart lair in turn LEAVENED
Short grass skirts certainly not coming back as beachwear SARONG
Someone not quite upright but more efficient? LEANER
Southern capital included in Eastern European getaway ESCAPE
Stop hiding backward place around Nevada UNVEIL
Stuart reign's ending with King George installed as Scottish leader STURGEON
Tough guy's first off going over treeless plain TUNDRA
Trainee astronaut who keeps taking out-of-this-world trips? SPACECADET
Up for play but not up for helping with encouragement SPORTIVE
What could make hipsters so hip, say, if it's artificial? PROSTHESIS