The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 27,639 - Nov 5 2014

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Clues Answers
Article confronting women in kinky tape bothers people in charge THEPOWERSTHATBE
Backs objectives including the renovation of Eros ENDORSES
Balance concerned with team welcoming United RESIDUE
Band needs to rent following second-class career BRACELET
Completely sound PLUMB
Destined to follow obscure conservative HIDEBOUND
Dig up one-time Spanish drink with them, oddly EXCAVATE
Down when up on day SAD
Drunk certain to miss one drink? NECTAR
Encouraged European in development of drug URGED
Followed son and confessed STALKED
Fruit needed in a mainly noisy party? AVOCADO
Hit high and short -- into window! SKYLIGHT
Houses of the stars? SIGNS
Lycra, deployed originally in cycling material ACRYLIC
Meat company during prohibition BACON
Clues Answers
Meat Loaf owns lease! HASLET
Merged 15 publicly-funded buildings LIBRARIES
Only virtues needed for people going in order? NOVICES
Orders forecasts, ignoring public relations EDICTS
Parts of cooker for fictional creatures HOBBITS
Raised pace shown by favourites PETS
Sort of person who complains of footballer outside hotel? Whinger
Sort of water found in island church ICE
Strike with disgust, but not in anger OUTRAGE
Substitute fabric left with expert REPLACE
Suspicious, and sarcastic about answer WARY
Sweet note included in blessing BONBON
Takeovers put the squeeze around working vouchers COUPONS
Tests, for example, in a ship ASSAYS
Worries about Germany having fighting units CADRES