The Telegraph - Toughie - Dec 30 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - Dec 30 2015

Clues	Answers
Best friend consuming a lot of time in pursuit of love	OPTIMAL
Briefly near abandoning literary style? I am surprised	GEE
Cheers up, insulated by knowing to ignore a piece of legislation	STATUTE
Contralto mostly abandoned indication on score	CLEF
Detained party, I fancy, may appear here	IDENTITYPARADE
Detective seeing nothing different when turning up?	EYE
Drug carried by town river with treatment to get through cold period	OVERWINTER
Inclines to dismiss a visual aid	LENS
Invoicing without first including pound charge leads to resentment	ILLFEELING
Long arrangement of rope? Not hard	ITCH
Look for comfort -- recoil of weapon's broken leg	SNUGGLE
Metal point not finished	TIN
No initiation of flash connection	LINK
One from South America and one North, going to Central America	INCA

Clues	Answers
One with job on line receiving hard address	APOSTROPHE
Part of chain restraining one, angry? Not initially a good idea	BRAINCHILD
Platter? Her diet's wrecked after short space	ENTREEDISH
Pointedly ignore note included in membership renewal?	SNUB
Poor farmer -- ready for business, but nothing's shifting	PEON
Pouring in addition will involve new rainwear	WELLINGTONBOOT
Quits, as it were -- really meaning it?	WITHAVENGEANCE
Relieved expression, avoiding hot seat	PEW
Repeat: 'I support imprisoning renegade'	ITERATE
Scrap with fashionable fool about British film	RAGINGBULL
See our debacle in dissolution -- about time for this?	DECREEABSOLUTE
Shed light on state in which one finds boy and girl in Dickens	LITTLENELL
Shelter not getting approval?	NOOK
Something added about house -- something added about house sport -- identifies contributor to match	PHOSPHORUS