The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,589 - Feb 9 2021

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Answer cry for help to protect finest building material ASBESTOS
As papal succession, so topical after Reformation APOSTOLIC
Be sorry over bluish gas that all but covers continent EUROZONE
Blue joke appearing first warrants severe action CRACKDOWN
Boxer, one in Seoul getting whipped -- short task to start with JOELOUIS
Cleaner with a disqualification caught coach CHARABANC
Determination comes after second drink SWILL
For dictator maybe canes will do! BAMBOOZLE
French said to be holding back army unit in desert as before DEMERIT
Girl picked up small badger HARASS
Hormone damage when temperature dropped at home INSULIN
In French street Liberal appears to wield power RULE
Maidservant, perhaps middle-class, raised son to Noah AMAH
One dozing having been given a smoke? KIPPER
Overhead protection in the rain collapsed HAIRNET
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Permit Oslo or Rome to slip badly as big city METROPOLIS
Playful animal caddish chap beheaded OTTER
Prize tree getting this fertiliser POTASH
Salesman halving capital returned to become top man EMPEROR
Slender student beastly doctor admits in south-east SVELTE
Smart to trap opponent in bridge CANTILEVER
Spiritual leader absorbed in anima mundi IMAM
St John's view as he converted sectarian JEHOVAHSWITNESS
Stays and strap holding old woman securely at first REMAINS
Surprise when mate gets round National Insurance ASTONISH
Tree feller going round copse in the middle MAPLE
Untrustworthy sort is taking head off fish EELS
Victorian craftsman releasing mass preparation for perfumier ORRIS
Where Cranmer for example died is in dispute ATSTAKE