The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 909 - Jan 11 2013

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Clues Answers
Attack lover, describing love jerk rejected FALLUPON
Ball carried by trained bats, rats etc RODENTIA
Bishop takes over violent town BOROUGH
Bog standard fare? CONVENIENCEFOOD
Drag empty barrel -- pity about that SHAMBLE
Failure appeared to embody small part of football team SHUTDOWN
Find out about exceptional light source INFRARED
Forest dweller catches bird in both hands LEMUR
Gruesome camera shot features burglar's head MACABRE
Hard to get prisoner outside a prison CASTIRON
Having emptied supply, originate order SYSTEM
Interpreter has to continue to entertain academic DRAGOMAN
It turned to desert in some distant past ANTIQUITY
Low, extremely rural and open countryside MOORLAND
Clues Answers
Neglect it after cross is in place LAXITY
New Avengers weapon NERVEGAS
Northern city is pioneer in broadcasting LEEDS
Ornate steel rims very elegant SVELTE
Plant pot with metal flaps PALMETTO
Posh -- initially confused by intuitive style CUTGLASS
Puzzle -- what fills K-W? Good luck! MAZELTOV
Rabbit seizing dog's weakness DOTAGE
Separating from masked man? DIVERGENT
Shed's worth? THROWOFF
Strokes cap one has thus placed on head SOLIDI
Try getting house across road with a grand HAVEAGO
Used to be -- albeit oddly -- pungent Japanese stuff WASABI