The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Oct 7 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,519 - October 7 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Article not used in stabbing?	IMPLEMENT
Base is possible to overlook without artist's contribution	IGNOBLE
Charged young man with case of extortion	LADEN
Dashed off without son and behaved abjectly	CRAWLED
Drink intended for audience gets cold?	AILMENT
Elite cops ordered to arrest most members of gang?	SECRETPOLICE
Enclosure's scrap of paper reveals author's mistake	SLIPOFTHEPEN
Fill net up at sea when fish are thus?	PLENTIFUL
Go up steps that may go up or down	SCALE
Land heralded by guiding star?	LEADINGLIGHT
Lead completely secures home game	PINBALL
Long sharp object allowed this to be toasted in fire	PIKELET
Odds on champion horse showing winning quality?	SPARKLE
Older family members get on after row	LINEAGE
Part of database processed after moving base away from Germany	FIELD
Preview film about storyteller close to Marxist revolutionary	TRAILER
Purge lists screened by religious establishment	CLEANSE
Raced over in vehicle with runners caught fast	SNARLED
Return to office as long as railway guards supply power	ELECTRIFY
Skinhead perhaps said 'race means to cross country's boundaries'	HAIRSTYLE
This extremely artificial spread makes less fat	FALSEST
Tolerant attitude initially overlooked in books on the French	LENIENT
Took in bits of a course writer ran	NIBBLED
Two articles, mainly about dreary routine supporting order, are honest	TELLTHETRUTH
What could be eaten off a fine plate after cooking?	PILAF
What finally made Lake Geneva empty out?	LEAKAGE
Witness reported small bear being seen underwater	SEASLUG
Woollen fabric requiring soft soap	FLANNEL