The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,361 - Jan 3 2020

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Clues Answers
After two drinks, this setter's game! GINRUMMY
American escaping from even church's grasp CLENCH
Angle to capture heart of pretty thing FETISH
Approach female upstart right away after taking the lead AVENUE
Borders on having succeeded after one month APRONS
Carelessly concedes kick on wing where props go in SCENEDOCK
Commander capturing men having routed threat on southern peaks CORBETTS
Compact, tense-free language ERSE
Dad stopping adult function after student drinks ALCOPOPS
Daily points from all sides apparently taken literally NEWSPAPER
East End intellectuals reported some of their Boat Race? EYEBROWS
Endless pressure to go on pitch -- captain may land you here HEATHROW
Fruit seed radius PEAR
Gesture when in male corner COCKASNOOK
Girl eating peeled vegetable elicits comment in writing ANNOTATE
Clues Answers
Heading off anguish, time running out for complaint EARACHE
Heartless guy about to take the lead? Not Frank! CAGY
Intriguing topic is absorbing Left POLITICS
It's okay, not odd, to follow broadcast of knockout Big Bang episode? KRAKATOA
Middle-of-the-road guide to late-night events? CATSEYE
Regularly expose busybody making money PESO
Repeatedly anger bishop about a problem overseas BERIBERI
Singer from off-and-on screen embraced by performer ACCENTOR
Some mess I spill, ending up ... ELLIPSIS
Split from extremely clever First Lady hiding fool CREVASSE
Test site cover-up on two levels BIKINI
The kings we blessed five times out of seven? WEEKNIGHTS
Uncovered urn in the style of an Attic feature? RAFTER
Unexpected first sign of break -- game point following ace ABRUPT
Warning seen by abandoned Soviet group of planes? FOREST