The Telegraph - Toughie - December 20 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - December 20 2016 

Clues	Answers
... dope from container upended over Joker	NITWIT
Accountant perhaps -- one looking for scrap?	TOTTER
Appearance of justice? No -- fobbed off without foundation	CUTOFONESJIB
Bank of Scotland?	BRAE
Canticle features duet with me, unfortunately	TEDEUM
Conclude note with a line that's outrageous	INFERNAL
Craftsman from Whitby who travels expensively?	JETSETTER
Divine chap's in capsized tender	EROS
Fundamental character of book by Maxim -- revolutionary	BOTTOM
Instrument's not broken, but short of odd fittings	OBOE
It's time to open cracker -- revealing rubbish	BELITTLE
Muscle temperature fell	THEW
Not at all comely, our Wee Free	YOUREWELCOME
Occupy oneself dubiously and scram	BEATIT

 

Clues	Answers
Original outfit stretched out on sofa with no sides	LAYETTE
Pals and welcome supporters?	BOSOMFRIENDS
Provide commercial vehicles on short duration	ADMINISTER
Sedatives this person consumed during manoeuvres	OPIATES
Sensitive old MP I challenged near upper chamber when losing heart	DIPLOMATIC
Somewhat in rut, put back revival	UPTURN
Starter motor's beginning to get stiff; detach the front half	MEZE
Steak or grouse?	BEEF
The setter's left with newspaperman to be introduced	IMPORTED
Thing that vexes drivers aplenty, for instance?	FIXEDPENALTY
Weird and offbeat old haunts drawing one in	OUTLANDISH
Wide-ranging -- it's the same in The Odyssey maybe	EPIDEMIC
With girls in peril trembling, Earl's able to seize ...	PREHENSILE
Your turn to have a bowl?	OVERTOYOU