The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,859 - May 26 2022

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Clues Answers
'Nautical mile' confusing Emirati MARITIME
Active undercover spy recruits British Head of Intelligence MOBILE
Agamemnon's girl stirred treacle ELECTRA
Ant and Dec recycled old, boring, ultimately dire yarn ANECDOTE
Bumped into Romeo, in charge of weights and measures METRIC
City where some say the underworld's very dark? HELSINKI
Dodgy Pop Art featuring Joe Stalin's dirty tricks? AGITPROP
Fire unlimited ammunition, you see -- that'll get 'em jumping! SACKRACE
First of novels by Lawrence collected by Nick, a literary figure STENDHAL
Florid upper-class writer of verse, Solomon, undressed to go outside RUBICUND
Forward cried out loud, just failing to get a medal FOURTH
French leader expressing his refusal to jail an East European NAPOLEON
Having slept poorly after hard liquor, I left skint, broke; an angry man RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Help a solver stuck with part of border that has plenty of crossers ELPASO
Clues Answers
Hide countries' odd constituents? CUTIS
Itinerant actor Matt turned up, almost freezing NOMADIC
Make sheets of metal in a cast LAMINATE
Most rude lady gobbling pastry STRUDEL
Next to Belgium, Europe's number one team BESIDE
Regularly bin bits of pre-Empire or antique-looking style of furniture REPRO
Second U-boat base blown up by her, ultimately SABOTEUR
Shadowy figure holding stuffing for Xmas bird with both hands LURKER
Spoil mum's preserve before quarterly feast day MARTINMAS
Sudden burst of activity upstairs sending bishop out in bad weather RAINSTORM
Tossing thick caber, Aberdonian choked without support BAREBACK
Valve from ordinary computer where you would expect to find it if available? STOPCOCK
Wound captain The Bounty discharged BLIGHTY