The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 486 - Dec 31 2010

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'Big Society', for starters, should entail generosity LARGESSE
...which follows party holding power making heavy weather of things LABOURING
Alternative Vote caused trouble but proved useful AVAILED
Bags with lots of pockets mean more than one place for al-Qaeda to conceal bomb CARGOPANTS
Band of volcanic matter going past Sweden SASH
Cameron reformed expensive fiddle CREMONA
Cheryl, as far as Ashley's concerned, was being dramatic and made demands EXACTED
Chief taxman robs one outrageously OSBORNE
Copy voter's final switch to bring in right ELECTRO
Counted cost of big bomb TALLIED
Form of torture reported in three quarters of Iraq, according to Americans RACK
G Brown endlessly left to get embarrassed GROWRED
Give peerage to John Prescott finally -- it'll mostly, primarially exemplificate upholding of English? ENTITLE
Head of Wikileaks in examination of strike on Pakistani valley SWAT
Ignoring inner circle, Pope gets into second half of tour -- it's stimulating! UPPER
In revolt about student debts, Liberal's surrounded: 'Rotten liar out!' REBELLIOUS
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Instrument with very easy sound (for some) rising in the back of the throat? VUVUZELA
It's as designed -- Brown trapped in 'I agree with Nick' SATANIST
It's inevitable Mumsnet loses head, going mad about Miliband and Balls? NEEDSMUST
Leads from broadcaster inadvertently picked up someone expressing prejudiced views BIGOT
Man putting golf, during row, before wife's love leads to overblown divorce settlement TIGERWOODS
Member in (primarily) Conservative Government... CLEGG
Mistreat cat, say, and we'll get kind of cross WHIPPET
Obama's right-hand man rejected, butt of electorate's anger PEEVE
Odds on Afghans in firing ranges? AGAS
Opposition from French surrounding important Sarkozy plan starts trade union rising DISPUTE
Post union strike row -- compromise deal terms NEWEL
Rome's defence in trial over party in which minors are admitted TESTUDO
Second of overs thrown -- penalty introduced for pair of cricketers OPENERS
Shake one's booty in place where miners were confined? The lowest of the low ROCKBOTTOM
Spill affecting oil sector -- nothing's going to be more damaging COSTLIER
United no good after Wayne Rooney's initials extracted with difficulty WRUNG