The Telegraph - Toughie - Jan 15 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jan 15 2016

Clues	Answers
'Cracker' is essentially most unnerving	STUNNER
9 and sibling framing 'a far-off moon' as rhetorical device	MEIOSIS
After surgery, mopy pup I treated gets original form of drug	OPIUMPOPPY
Back of boat	PUNT
Captures little photos -- get digit out of the way	NAILS
Caught delving into theosophy off and on: 'It's moonshine!'	HOOCH
College park Hove excavated for nursery	CRECHE
Former officers dispersed in 10	CENTURIONS
Gambling where odds may be about negligible	SWEEP
I must be sober in Sibyl's arms	SETTER
Income tax being incorrect, unhappy man's out striking	EXOTIC
Inebriate given lift to go to hospital department's warehouse	ENTREPOT
Lavish bonus had up front	PLUSH

Clues	Answers
Leaving North on one occasion, once more in port collapses into lounge	RECEPTIONROOM
Listen: embed leaders of unit by evening -- in body armour	HAUBERK
Nothing's allowed to go bad over on island -- hence these savouries	TORTELLINI
Olive Spear's to stand tall, with evening dress being on credit	COCKTAILSTICK
Primrose restrains impertinence	COWSLIP
Remembrance Sunday offers up varied events -- not involving religion for starters	SOUVENIR
Render hostile arguments honestly	CONSTRUE
Rum clue one's composed with old neglected storyteller	UNCLEREMUS
Son's after a quarter deposit	LEES
Take the place of Jack, absent from tournament	OUST
This doodah's delicate with fringes of greenery	THINGY
Trusted friend's to modify construction kit student rejected	ALTEREGO
With sun going down, sweet time's ahead -- sweet indeed!	TWEE