The Telegraph - Toughie - October 5 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - October 5 2016

Clues	Answers
A badly loaded trunk, short side first -- it'll move as you walk	ACHILLESTENDON
A drink and a biscuit	BOURBON
Animal feeding insects to mad hatter	HARTEBEEST
Band involved in hold-up storing paintings in Germany	GARTER
Beak's not available on half pay	NASAL
Catch up with spouse but back off	ENTRAP
Classical verse with injection of humour finally would be funny	IONIC
Clever bishop dividing beer	ABLE
Don't tell anyone bishop's stashing bottles	PSST
Dress game up	GARB
Elitist-leaning set?	INTELLIGENTSIA
Go on girl, put a drop of gin in it?	SHOTGLASS
Good time girl of a type that may grow on one	FUNGAL
Gosh -- unprincipled bird standing in for another	CUCKOO

 

Clues	Answers
Iran reacting to riots in strange land	TERRAINCOGNITA
Language earns poet fans	ESPERANTO
Little Greek character put in nick	NOTMUCH
Mafia bosses finding trade union slow to yield	CAPITULATE
Nipper excessively slight, lacking inches	TOOTH
Noodle soup starter changing hands -- food supplied is awful	LAMENTABLE
Old hands returned, mobbed by audience in island nation	EASTTIMOR
React badly encountering lame, vacuous sentimentality	TREACLE
Rob to achieve equal split after leaving wife	BREAKINTO
Soldier gets stressed when mentioned in dispatches -- put it in a different way	PARAPHRASE
Springiness not uniform in loaf	BONCE
Study again about nonsense author's written for ending	RELEARN
Ultra-cold Double Diamonds	ICED
Veto bad nominee mistakenly named earlier	ABOVEMENTIONED