The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,340 - Nov 27 2019

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A sneer -- this destroyed enthusiasm HEARTINESS
Bird's first need having flown north -- possible site for nest? BLACKTHORN
Bottomless foundation? Gosh, it's very big! ROOMY
Characters not flustering when losing one legal document LETTERSPATENT
Country's beginning to mushroom -- so Scotsman introduced population theory MALTHUSIANISM
Detective starts to learn some snippets MORSELS
Drunks turned up holding up vessels in church STOUPS
Dull thing to discuss -- no conclusion reached MATTE
Embarrassed Dickensian character is keeping quiet? The opposite SHEEPISH
French city trip curtailed by unpleasant person TOULOUSE
Line of planks in slope at end of street STRAKE
Military officer, post-war planner seen as inadequate MARSHAL
Quiet trick from one who feels no guilt? PRIG
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Rail against educationist that's made a mistake BOOBED
Rugby success -- one's getting on in this sort of play TRAGEDY
Say in course of story-telling what befalls poor team? RELEGATION
Something sweet, additive mostly included in medicine? DEXTROSE
Special vessel NASA's newly developed in Land of Opportunity ARKANSAS
Spirit being overcome by sin -- it extends over a few years LUSTRUM
Suitable food, for non-vegetarian, we hear MEET
Sweep of eras looking back, hard to avoid SCOPE
Tongue as starter for meal in train TAMIL
Variation in game needing cue NIMROD
Whale in two locations near Ibiza ORCA
What's naughty about maiden, maybe being put in reduced circumstances IMPOVERISH
Wild animal -- a particular continent's rhino EURO