The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,970 - Dec 7 2022

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A branch within records prophets of doom ALARMISTS
Across end of difficult plain OVERT
Allow nanny time GRANT
Animal Greek character adopts at home RHINO
Awfully nice gal might be this ANGELIC
Blushing offspring supports sin, mostly CRIMSON
Calmness of celebrated sea inlet internally upset SANGFROID
Coming back about start of sudden emergency RESURGENT
Confuse ref with fluke involving loud commotion KERFUFFLE
Consumer, losing article, accepts new record ENTER
Corruption showed the way: made cowboy's charges disappear RUSTLED
Dorothy, travelling, embraces local's neat established thinking ORTHODOXY
Draw up formation in error MAKEOUT
Enticed Bashful into action DECOYED
Head discovered vice is matter for debate TOPIC
Interest account withdrawn for one wearing away ATTRITION
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Island's leader demoted with paper providing justification ALIBI
Issue ID to suspect revolutionary SEDITIOUS
Keep moving front of ship on lake PROWL
Left-leaning movie? WESTERN
Mother's close to builder MASON
Occasionally could be Tim or me? SOMETIMES
Silk was part of occupation SATIN
Smelt the setter's dog's lead and plunged to the ground NOSEDIVED
Smiley perhaps regularly found in Exmoor jail EMOJI
Taught rebuke, fed up when head leaves TUTORED
Taxes regressive channel covering left TOLLS
Tim and Violet recreated theme LEITMOTIV
Tirade follows fresh, backsliding justification WARRANT
Total state UTTER
Trace offence farmer heard SCINTILLA
Tricky Russian takes in Conservative with small plant NARCISSUS