The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,478 - Oct 7 2015

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Clues Answers
Be livid when probing drink's source of aroma PERFUMERY
Chapter listed as bowdlerised? CLEANED
Confer about sulphur used in plant PARSLEY
Forecaster goes over time with the weather ultimately TIPSTER
Fugitive coming from Corsica, in view of locals EXILE
Hillman, perhaps, caught with donkey's body CARCASS
Horrible time for soldier's first retreat HIDEOUT
Is filling in -- crikey! -- this? INCISOR
Keep standard down STOCKPILE
Line-dancing? Sceptical, with its not being kept up CONGA
Lots of people running competitons? RACES
Maiden speaker's bound to ramble TRAMP
Managed call for help, receiving first of military rescues RANSOMS
Mug -- article brought in to do as tumbler ACROBAT
Papers curtailed year after backing half of news investigation ENQUIRY
Clues Answers
Petulant Queen rules capriciously -- involving you having head cut off QUERULOUS
Poetry initially became prominent -- in place of this? PROSE
Powder: male is filling five letters ATOMISE
Random criticism: shifting space will give warning to other chefs? POTSHOT
Requested to abandon area, make confused escape SKEDADDLE
Respect for predecessors upset two chairpersons ANCESTORWORSHIP
Rudely desires rest with goddesses THEWEIRDSISTERS
Satirical item cut line (something designed for wind-up) SPOOL
Temperance outfit keeping US city upset DRYNESS
That fellow's knocked back moonshine with Scotsman, old story teller HISTORIAN
Tip last of water into shellfish WRINKLE
Vault, say -- ours is in disrepair OSSUARY
Want Judge to come in to support club BLACKJACK
What's not entirely attractive about old flame's excuse? PRETEXT
Witness impatient to see one fellow incarcerated TESTIFY