The Telegraph - Toughie - Sep 4 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answersa

The Telegraph - Toughie - Sep 4 2018 

Clues	Answers
Adheres they say to hateful river	STYX
After tango, we spot unusual dance	TWOSTEP
Check area lacking energy in two parts?	REIN
Depression touching large intestine	COLON
Drinks containing malt liquor for loyalists	SUPPORTERS
Drunk medics imbibing European wine	DEMISEC
Enlarge animal park before first of March	ZOOM
Exercise lines in Advent can be persuasive	COMPELLING
First step of independent resident around Italian island	INITIATIVE
Hibernating dung beetle joins male insect	DORMANT
Hover about in outskirts of Camden to find sign of rank	CHEVRON
Innards of automaton upgraded to 100mph	TONUP
IT scale could be flexible	ELASTIC
Ivan (the) Terrible is self-complacent	VAIN
Masculine female player? That's criminal!	MALEFACTOR
May upset with Times covering resistance by Conservative? That's irregular	ASYMMETRIC
Musical drama starts to translate Elgar work	OPERATE
Nerve poison? It could be true in Oxon	NEUROTOXIN
Pair join medic in Italian cathedral	DUOMO
Party, Republican, vacated ministers' sleeping quarters	DORMS
Plan stratagem to seize Eastern booze	CHARTREUSE
Scattered cold air almost spat. Exactly!	SPORADICAL
Silly revenge? Not good to show superficial refinement	VENEER
Special gold covered pouch	SPORRAN
Spread most of plaster regularly on end of tile	PATE
They might bite -- or sting when weight's added	ASPS
Tips secretary over into pool of dirty water	CESSPIT
Top up that could make judge poorly	REFILL
Turkish ambassador's welcomed by Roosevelt, chillingly	ELTCHI
Use small boat to reach Channel island	SARK
Writing about a time in service	MATINS
Xhosan desert has plenty of this	SAND