The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,971 - Feb 16 2018

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Clues Answers
... by 4 o�clock -- Sunday -- morning? TIMES
and 12 Across: Ring experts about recruiting new Bond, needing decider? SECOND
and 18 Across: Assist slave princess with successfully catching fish? AIDAND
and 20 Down: Crossing bar to grab a game at table ROAD
and 26 Across: Marge, defrosted, did this gambler who knows his limits? SPREAD
and 28 Across: Muscular pair incapable of hearing us rating party skirts RECTUS
and 9 Down: Sides stirred up with BBC anagram shows expressed hysteria SCREAMING
But Roman, out of Italy, trades Ecstasy for old foodstuff SODABREAD
Buzz e.g. I derived when derailing trains? ALDRIN
Do one up front! LEGIT
Fast runners grounded after perhaps reading literary Uncle REMUS
French food that�s taken over German city FREIBURG
Get past fish GOBY
Having intelligence to seize veil NIQAB
Hotshots committed ABH and slashed clothes DABHANDS
Clues Answers
In fifties and I model buildings LEGOLAND
Mark�s endless worry BADGE
Maybe this chap (not by chance) arrived a little dazed to collect bishop... CABDRIVER
Mistaken identity? That�s no case for a woman ENID
Novel written about 1715 Manhattan ROBROY
One too many served up in Nag�s Head, say �- and Hog�s End? ABATTOIR
Red marks on cable supply MALBEC
See 10 Across BALLOT
See 16 Across BRIDGE
See 17 Down ABDOMINIS
See 21 Across BETTER
See 5 Down ABET
See 7 Across ABDABS
Small man�s salary SCREW
What developed the rise of wife of pop superstar AMIDOL