The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 497 - Jan 20 2011

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Clues Answers
'Snoop before loop' -- beginner's second-rate poetry DOGGEREL
A nerd gets hopelessly out of touch ESTRANGED
Arterial route with a junction in unfinished road repair AORTA
Avenge suffering in UN location GENEVA
Curious about one poem composed on Top Shop EMPORIUM
Essentially quiet nature of volatile mount ETNA
Explain advantage of the dole STATEBENEFIT
Flat bitter? That is unusual EERIE
Force out old performers EXACT
Fussy 4/4 beat FROUFROU
Get unfit from being a member of a gym? INAPT
Glasses so restricted boxing adjudicator ASSESSOR
Hatred of European Union rule replacing British jubilation EUPHORIA
Hothouse Kid who played trombone without emotion ORANGERY
Huge number in short turned out to be sufficient ENOUGH
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Launch unexpected attack on leading hospital doctor in Australia AMBUSH
Old man housed in unfinished Denby development was warmer before retirement BEDPAN
One doing wrong is blue INDIGO
Origin of Adidas, for instance, is sponsorship AEGIS
Sad, bad laddism not dead DISMAL
Some setters sloppily accepting 'the ultimate in technology' for 'hi-fi' STEREOSYSTEM
Somewhat mild praise? BLANDISH
Southern fatso the first to leap in making a big splash SPLODGE
Spirit of almost entirely hollow braggadocio BRIO
Starting first dance after eight, say, is daft SCREWBALL
Stick out for diamonds in genuine setting PROTRUDE
Tough cowl on chimney HOODLUM
Went inside, wreathed in smoke, to relax LIGHTENUP
Why Enigma Variation writer isn't Elgar HEMINGWAY
With cigarette end found in pint, turned awkward INEPT