The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,981 - Dec 27 2022

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Batter and crumble that covers over ROOT
Cash Kremlin made sent out for revolutionary tools? HAMMERANDSICKLE
Check on couple in charmed circle? BRACELET
Drummer's daughter given kiss when naive suitor's around? GREENWOODPECKER
Eggs laid together in strapless bag CLUTCH
Elaine occasionally in position on course LIE
Firm conservationists accepting casual worker's ridicule CONTEMPT
First sign of horse and trap reversing is imminent NIGH
Gloriana returned in high dudgeon? IRE
In sound flood rescue vessel reveals bow ARC
Insect on the ground circles rook HORNET
Issue for example with repair team in service lifts EMERGE
Joke after time beset by extra financial burden MORTGAGE
Lead-free transport gets attention EAR
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Live game's beginning: runs written in for scorer? BERG
Low on wine, cruel son coming in for unpleasant punishment SHORTSHARPSHOCK
My job's on the line -- it's over explosive Telegraph work TIGHTROPEWALKER
Obstructive admin on record that's involved Democrat REDTAPE
Resident in Acton dressed to receive grail? OCCUPANT
Robber never up in bottom flat? FOOTPAD
Single-handedly cutting through nonsense? BALONEY
Six-headed creature colleague Lewis picked up? SCYLLA
Smoke rising beneath apartment's base: it's disastrous TRAGIC
Suggestion upset top mathematician EUCLID
The Parker-Bowles connection? HYPHEN
This precedes foxtrot in the choreography ECHO
With word from Baudelaire this writer has purpose MOTIVE
Would you say mink gave rise to furore? FERMENT