The Telegraph - Toughie - December 21 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Dec 21 2017 

Clues	Answers
Almost keep writing in tempestuous times	STORMS
Cut instruction that could make lecher leer	NOTCH
Cute piece about wife	SHREWD
Demand cricket article -- and somewhere to write one?	PRESSBOX
Departs after shock, missing finish from Jenson Button	STUD
Dexter perhaps quits cold-hearted dilapidated town	ROCHDALE
Follow around maiden from the subcontinent?	TAMIL
Food for Mussolini?	PRODUCE
Former leader led geology trips around river	LLOYDGEORGE
Game players must pen article ... and another	CANASTA
Gun shot with hesitation -- do a stick-up? Quite the opposite	UNGUM
Hound carer that's prettiest modelling	PETSITTER
Jam makers?	ROADWORKS
Leave part of London with husband getting promoted	SHOO
Leaves obstacles in the main	ICEBERGS
Monkey with lady's address, possibly, beginning to edit out knight	MARMOSET
Obscure type of weapon with elevated level of uranium	UNCLEAR
Opponents and partners right to get more 'with it'?	NEWER
Pass port? Not at first, drink!	OVERTAKE
Political movement that could make war on blue?	NEWLABOUR
Push to accept place in extravagant display	SPLURGE
Reporters on Daily Record ignoring first place that's buzzing	APIARY
Representative REM songs can upset	CONGRESSMAN
Respect search for what's found at the centre of atom	LOOKUPTO
Second dish is a mess	SPLATTER
Send back papers rejected in what might be 'bye' note?	EXTRADITE
Subject to constant cold	TOPIC
Such as King Edward's stateroom? Just part of it	TATER
Time to study skins from sole moose shot by Queen	SEMESTER
Writer that's found in library or sitting-room?	MANTEL