The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 272 - Dec 22 2009

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Clues Answers
Billy Joel's type of girl -- high-class platinum individual UPTOWN
British Olympian covering some French centre of excellence LIDDELL
Casual instruction where to record vocal animal? TAPIR
Cleaner lets loose on steps CHARLESTON
Combatant Irish artist in argument gets backing WARRIOR
Communicate monkey culture IMPART
Don't say what dentist might do when drilling HOLDYOURTONGUE
Dramatist who's cited in divorce perhaps caught during scrapes SOPHOCLES
Female group, inserting dish, cooked gran a symbol of the North WIGANPIER
Film duck eating edge of sandwich in Scottish town EASYRIDER
Food brought back ... it affected the passages SPAGHETTI
Greek underworld suspiciously nice HELLENIC
Handsome youth, for example swapping Dolce & Gabbana, initially struggled AGONISED
Herald cryptic evades pausing novelist DAHL
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How foreign footballer introduces himself, dodging English press? IMPEL
How Hank Marvin etc warmed up? SHADOWBOXING
Infringe principle of expenses till company begin to operate a check ENCROACH
Jewellery clasping tip of finger is a source of infection GERMS
Learning to stuff a daily piece of broccoli FLORET
Old one, moving close to band, played intricate solo? NOODLED
Position of flyer uncertain UPINTHEAIR
Reversing routine with kid, she cooked low-calorie sweet TURKISHDELIGHT
Rum's operating price ODDSON
Some earache from Gordon Ramsay perhaps CHEF
Some of plane passengers finally entering incite anger, being topless FUSELAGE
Somewhere in UK and not the Caribbean or Switzerland NORWICH
Soul star, on Sky, partnered him? HUTCH
Spice Girl received by second dancer GINGERROGERS