The Telegraph - Toughie - December 29 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Dec 29 2017

Clues	Answers
'A million billion' in US city by end of Pres Trump's inauguration thrash	LAMBAST
A fight mainly between left and right of party	LABOUR
and 19: Up a gum tree, finally gone -- criminal mainly describes this politician	ROBERT
Big Ben being renovated creating drawback	EBBING
Cameron dumping Europe initially shocked French leader	MACRON
Close relationship 'special'? These can get worn	NIGHTIES
Concerns surrounding Irish backing realistic or trifles?	CARRIESON
Contentious allegation surfacing of poll ultimately controlled by Russia	SLUR
Crop Conservative runs through?	CORN
Demands price of former measures	EXACTS
European goods the prize for supporter of what can be hard or soft?	EGGCUP
Head for informal agreement on revised deal without leader of America	NODDLE
Head of studio getting lascivious finally removed -- media boss did a U-turn	SLEWED
High-wire act from Boris at acme almost coming unstuck	ACROBATISM
I express gratitude? Not I, disrupted by start of action aboard Southern railway, immobile	STATIONARY
Leaders in North America and North Korea ever at odds over nuclear material	NANKEEN
Note what Austen nerd hoards	TENNER
PM announced vote -- there was a song and dance about it in spring	MAYPOLE
POTUS, tussling with Left-winger, adopted exaggerated attitude	POSTURED
Recent start-up seen turning into empire-builder	UBER
Region's irregular act, unilaterally leaving Spain, leads to immediate arrests	CATALONIA
Review top secret source of revenue after hacking	RETROSPECT
See 5	MUGABE
Superficially plausible at first, Green's lying is busted	GLIB
Take in unionist party, having lost majority in vote	DUPE
Transport for aliens regularly removed from within United States	UFOS
Work of harmonisation is painful task after Article 50's introduced	CHORALE
Worms are an unpleasant hacker's way of making money	RANSOMWARE