The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 685 - Dec 15 2011

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''as Polly gone?' Listening, cat flexed with langour OCTANGULAR
'Rescue me,' I shout, but ends of some words get lost or twisted HELICAL
Airline stripped of its nationality causing speechlessness ALALIA
Bring out good in a woman who's known only one man EVOKE
Crazed hacker with a vow to spread chaos WREAKHAVOC
Enclosure with vermin is crossing the line ENCROACHES
EU body coming in to make deal, cutting capital for indebted country GREECE
Expensive porcelain on toilet appearing over the top LOOMING
Facebook initially lacking control of threads FLAX
Head covering I'm afraid hides inferior fighting condition CAULIFLOWEREAR
If pushed, they may show extra effort in delivery solutions? ENVELOPES
Manages field in a top-down way COPES
Mounting overheads regularly include fuel DERV
Moving around a grind? Or use this to avoid jams? RINGROAD
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Not foreign sounding, i.e. translated INDIGENOUS
Old Greek having drink before times with queen ALEXANDER
Part of personality being brittle, unfinished, is psychological problem IDENTITYCRISIS
Perhaps Chelsea star changing clubs over violent fan halfway through ARTSCHOOL
Perhaps Santa's brother gets clue at last, which is a bit like this? RELATIVECLAUSE
Prompted by couple singing, orchestra opens DUETO
Rabbit's pelt on bird STONECHAT
Retreats from refusal of consent more than once NOOKS
Shock upset of Brazil's? STUN
Slagging off Portsmouth? INSOLENT
Supply empty, stocks shrink -- get technical expert SYSTEMSANALYST
Tent honestly erected without using line YURT
Three's a crowd? Having lost thread, get third party involved ESCROW
Vitamin A and C dropped into eyes, they said in news NIACIN