The Telegraph - Toughie - Oct 24 2018 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie - Oct 24 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Leads to standard for measuring shadows	ENTAILS
Monitor Republican stepping down -- just the job	PERFECT
Possibly a crass term for cynicism?	SARCASM
Provided with object then due	ENDOWED
Punt about like a devil	BEAST
Spirit -- reps let it go, being rum	POLTERGEIST
Such as could be lost in operations finally	TONSILS
They might deliver what gets stuff going?	POWERPLANTS
This predator bowled over divers	SKUA
Time to list clips -- nervous Nerys is on these?	TENTERHOOKS
To shed last of pounds added at the front	SHUT
Upsetting this trade-off finds you negative -- dark but right	GIVEANDTAKE
Want to do what you'd think doughboys do, as they say	NEED
West in confusion about eastern kind	SWEET
What's at the heart of most pleasant summer treats?	ICES
Whisk porridge	STIR

Clues	Answers
A fried option? Laddo moaned, we hear, being out of bed	SUNNYSIDEUP
A passage added on end of one part of church	APSE
Bar a pair involved in academic retiring	TAPROOM
Bishop excused extra duty	ONUS
Black badger finds crow	BRAG
Bulgarian accepts what traveller holds back	LEVA
Censures stand shown by judges	BERATES
Change to the better storm lamp	SEETHELIGHT
Check up about secure co-ordinating gear	TWINSET
Eastern dish starting to track mysterious craft from the south	TOFU
Flood from river near tree	RASH
Former leader to lay flat House of Lords	KOHL
Fourth estate stuff	PRESS
Gold herb, pinch of marjoram, seen in stall -- it'll make bangers	SAUSAGEMEAT
Grass pulls up	SWARD
Hide unit which supplies mineral into the bargain	FURTHERMORE