December 13 2018 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,142

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,142 - Dec 13 2018

Clues	Answers
'Wet' encompasses a person with left-wing tendencies	MAOIST
Article with zero volume included as part of Verdi chorus	ANVIL
Chop up tree, but not the second, for instance	EXAMPLE
Clearly that is a measure of effort?	WELLIE
Cut it fine when cooking pasta	FETTUCINI
Example of orderliness mostly brought to bear around recording	APPLEPIE
Fencer's ultimate skill lying in sword responses	REPARTEE
Food item is hot and cold? Something dodgy about that	FISHCAKE
Foreman providing slip with resistance	GAFFER
Gentle praise echoed after seizure reduced	GRADUAL
Holland is besieged by alien -- join the army	ENLIST
How it is when a left-winger pays repeatedly?	ONTHETROT
Imagine young child, daughter, lacking a little energy	PRETEND
Minister throttling one engaged in reversal of subsequent recovery	RETRIEVAL

Clues	Answers
Place with drinks around -- fails to walk steadily	TOPPLES
Place, back in Irish islands, working with handcrafts?	ARTISAN
Roadside feature upended German car in fog	MILEPOST
Salvage worker errs badly about encouragement to action	RESCUER
Sixties musical with very good note (it's rather sharp)	HAIRPIN
Source of rubber unknown no longer?	LATEX
Strange precaution with mast? This isn't a hurricane!	STORMINATEACUP
Study picked up change almost entirely occurring at night	NOCTURNAL
Sum that would result in no change?	TOTUP
Tendency to follow source about seasonal overhaul	SPRINGCLEANING
Very keen on the pub profits as well	INTOTHEBARGAIN
Way of manufacturing quote from stage performance?	PRODUCTIONLINE
Wrong to accept kiss and clothing item like some adolescents	SIXTEEN
Young fellow consuming popular cheesecake?	PINUP