The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,310 - Oct 4 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,310 - Oct 4 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Military state to argue against being taken over after evacuation	SPARTA
Molluscs quietly slithering around doorstep	PTEROPODS
Negative intelligence gathering following blunder showing pseudo-irony? Not so	NONFERROUS
New hub about to be advanced	RECENT
Painter left by one stopping another that's run ahead	PORTRAITIST
Presentation of two thirds of Auntie's goals?	EDUTAINMENT
Pressure to quarrel and perhaps barge to the front?	PROW
Ring road diverted north of European river	RIOGRANDE
Robust, endless source of decking wood	IROKO
Sprung control mechanisms for locks	KIRBYGRIPS
Swede's routine chat about interrupting drinkers	RUTABAGA
Taunt grown-up over commonest trait of feeble-mindedness	GIBE
Tense appeal with regards to rag causing retaliation	TITFORTAT
Time, seconds, invested in Edgar Wallace mysteries	DAY
UK city behind housing start for refugees	Brum
Where to go for a trick	JOHN

Clues	Answers
A genius being skinned by mug	EINSTEIN
Alter egos seem progressively mature	AGE
Artist once game to conquer mountains	RUBENS
Beggar happier right away when accepting pound	BLIGHTER
Belgium into popular foreign beer unable to be scrapped?	INALIENABLE
British heat waves stopping match -- leave it	BEQUEATHAL
Competently keeping up trifle collection	ASSEMBLY
English stopping impressionist papers about to be released	DISENGAGED
Go about in yacht, picking prime locations	ACT
Good American given CBE stepped backwards?	BAD
Grill lawyers with question surrounding bishop	BARBQ
Interchange name in heartless dispute	ALTERNATION
Lie by associate undermining promotion	ADJOIN
Maintaining the heat, key help to intercept agents from the south	ADIABATIC
Manual covering opening of game and the score thereat?	GLOVE
Mathematician missing grand Italian city	TURIN