The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SOLDIER FIRED INTO AREA CLOSE TO ENEMY, SHOWING QUICK-WITTEDNESS AGILITY
WORK LEADS TO TEDIOUS EXTRA WORK OPERATE
Deposit of 10c enclosed in dispatched mail SEDIMENT
Middle part of expedition is a great distance out AFAR
More work needed to make knockout opiates UTOPIA
Send a message with indignation WIRE
ADMIN WORKER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF BREAK PAUSING
Full-length intro to 'Halloween' contains nothing rude UNCOUTH
Dozy American general captured by foreign agent SLEEPY
Boy repulsed by hospital food NOSH
Gifted editor provides conclusion for story books TALENTED
Liberal poet producing cliché-ridden material BOILERPLATE
Locomotive transported by doubly small tugs STRAINS
Thin fabric put around thick cheese TAFFETA
Rider with nicer pants -- it's the latest fashion DERNIERCRI
MP playing with another's mobile SMARTPHONE
Lots of punishment LASHINGS
Happen to see two students outside a comprehensive CATCHALL
Make tons of essentially yummy veg, say, without a steamer MASSPRODUCE
Nepalese dumpling made in a couple of seconds MOMO
Remarkable person immediately beginning to envision taking over THEONE
Senior exec in a car now, travelling with him CHAIRWOMAN
Track electronic vehicle reversing by road RACEWAY
Two-thirds of poor meat primarily found in 'authentic' pub grub? BARMEAL
'Casablanca star' as crossword answer? INGRID
Dam conveniently supplying somewhere in Scotland MOTHERWELL