The Telegraph - Toughie - December 28 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - December 28 2016

Clues	Answers
and 16 Across and 18 Down: Around the beginning of October Keith met Lois in motion picture	SOME
Bleat about leaving leader with others	ETAL
Cooked fruits crammed with energy in excess	SURFEIT
County's housing application, in stone	SAPPHIRE
Cross over dull person offering little resistance	DOORMAT
Displaying dislike, trick to conceal one course of action	ANTIPATHIC
Egyptian god's extra-large flag	OSIRIS
Extraordinary escalation in punishment, ultimately -- with this?	CATONINETAILS
Fateful day in Rome that is cut short	IDES
Gin, say, with dessert can be pleasant but brief	SHORTANDSWEET
Ground needs time to produce green fodder	SOILAGE
Hot number makes summit	HEIGHT
Huge bird caught in area going west	TITANIC

 

Clues	Answers
Instruments used when fires, reportedly, circle pub on outskirts of Eccles	SAXOPHONES
Name originally used by Prince for conscription	CALLUP
Old region developed early. It�s above the earth	OZONELAYER
On reflection, sketches green turf	SWARD
Poem for example written in cathedral city	ELEGY
See 13 Across	ITHOT
See 13 Across	LIKE
Soon unknown male gets pen name	ANONYM
Spanish fighter travelled quickly by damaged road	TOREADOR
Take two photos yet end up with just one	SNAPSHOT
Tenor initially rehearses in the manner of a hum	TRALA
Though unusually smart he�s an annoyance	HARASSMENT
Yankee Doodle's feather? You could eat it!	MACARONI