The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,536 - Nov 5 2020

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& 25 Down Guy's first captive in lower croft to reveal unsuccessful coup GUNPOWDER
'Measure for Measure' on-stage again? INRETURN
Alight mid-evening within bay, in time to see 13s, 16/24s, 18dns and 22/8s BONFIRENIGHT
Article penned by Racine upset empress CATHERINE
Bishop in Ely left out -- one going against the flow EDDY
Blemish on shoulder's a nightmare BUGBEAR
Boombox's austere orchestral extract STEREO
Charlie is in rush to censure CHASTISE
Convulse alien's spacecraft ROCKET
Heap of strong emotion in support of black BANGER
Hesitate to take youngster's hat off HAVER
Hunt the bandleader, perhaps, to discover Scottish songbird? PEEWEE
I carpet squadron leader when failing to exercise PRACTISE
Ineffectual app crashed, marooning James centrally in town of Derby EPSOM
Kept an eye on forgotten has-been, possibly getting comeuppance OVERSAW
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Legal types -- so maybe Pisces or Taurus then? NOTARIES
Mr Goodman, interrupting, cries out for muffler SILENCER
Music has joint whirling NONET
Net result of parent's fiddling ENTRAP
Novel adornment designed to shake off depression ROMAN
Oral has Bill succeeding with 'Custom and Practice' UNWRITTENLAW
Revolution with bank? WHEEL
See 9 Across PLOT
Short piece valued and rehearsed ITERATED
Splints from twisting badly during escapades CALLIPERS
Strip for the audience in black headgear? BEARSKIN
Thin material? Change the ending and there you are! VOILA
Torch made from deal shavings wrapped in rattan CANDLE
Victory over judge is more chilling WINTRIER
With unsettling editorials I lost admirers IDOLATERS