The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,574 - Jan 13 2021

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A feature of Uncle Richard's canon? CLERIC
Angler brewed tea to be guzzled in Russian port ARCHANGEL
Animal portion to eat around lunchtime? CHIPMUNK
Berliner regularly pared cheese BRIE
Cart over three feet YARD
Cautiously trap German lady on vacation GINGERLY
Character of pen pal: popular, upfront INMATE
Clumsy Soviet writer speaking GAWKY
Crones pinching Joe Burns's grub HAGGIS
Dear Meryl; resistance is melting away! STEEP
Discover panto theme song ANTHEM
Family doctor screening Run Lola Run GALLOP
Following each Morse novel is awe-inspiring FEARSOME
Foreign Secretary half-heartedly nibbled game RABBIT
Get that sinking feeling as tummy muscles contracted? Flipping pork pie! ABSEIL
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Just recently, beset by inertia; so flat, enervated ASOFLATE
Like a desperate male incarcerated ADMIRE
Local visitor's smartest togs, as observed by Spooner GUESTBEER
Lucky charm mum's put over bed of little 'un MASCOT
Merry band's leader ignited high explosive BLITHE
Most revealing sketch featuring 1,000 birds (black and white) SKIMPIEST
Ms Fonteyn shunning Monsieur's vulgar tongue ARGOT
One biting the head of Cleopatra injecting iodine jelly ASPIC
Perrins's partner beginning to fold sheet LEAF
Poet, American, modelled nude AUDEN
Pompous matriarch composed odes when touring India GRANDIOSE
Second shoemaker working the night shift that is shot SELFIE
Sons participating in healthy argument HASSLE
Special copper put forward point CUSP
With which to contact spin doctor (about time!) PAGER