The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 848 - Sep 26 2012

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'Haloes' vis-a-vis 'halothanes', as below? LESSTHAN
19 idol's in extremity -- credit withdrawn! ISIS
and 4 Down: Hastings and Bosworth perhaps heaved taking ghastly tablets PITCHED
Central points from article validated (therefore sustained) hypothesis IDEA
Enter Churchill first and last in roll for oratory LECTERN
Epigrams composed right away for 22 having '18,4'? MAGPIES
Fairly efficiently tunnelling under eastern desert EQUITABLY
Fanaticism of bishop spurned by Jewish colleagues after admitting send-up RABIDNESS
Fiat in ditch mostly junk DIKTAT
Fine to employ hint of sauciness in blue papers? FUSES
Girl having tete-a-tete down a bit? And others like her? BIRDSOFAFEATHER
Headless chickens -- 22 engaged in 18,4? OWLS
Island where, for a start, bloomin' wet weather engulfs it! BRITAIN
Lock fixture with copper bolt BOBBYPIN
Magnates get rich with gas-oil processing free of international interference OLIGARCHS
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Outlaw cloth caps for 22 having '18,4'? BANTAMS
Panties do chafe down under ANTIPODES
Parliament's May mostly dressed in Lynam's leathers DEERSKINS
Posh girl given a grand to disrobe for fun DEBAG
Punch-up round back of hall for 22 having '18,4'? GULLS
Regularly try on Briony's 22 having '18,4'? ROBINS
Rubbishy CD tunes inimical for programme accompaniment INCIDENTALMUSIC
See 18 Down BATTLES
Shift arrangement overturned in struggling Asian hospitals SANATORIA
Sign on loo: 22 having '18,4'? CANARIES
So be it -- daughter's getting compensation AMENDS
Try level best to find flower ELBE
Type of pain bound up with spreading tinea EGYPTIAN
White going down at the Crucible -- somewhat naff on initiating spins INOFF
Wright has one short, plus extras at each end in overthrows SMITES