The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 427 - Sep 21 2010

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Clues Answers
Broken pieces left in total darkness ECLIPSE
Capital forecasting site shows drop in pressure DELHI
Cars damaged through using this perhaps SCRAPER
Common woman is wearing silver and a touch of eyeshadow AVERAGE
Compost in meadow starts to form methane early we're told LEAFMOULD
Cooking with fat's not fine for thingamy WHATSIT
Ferment when in still YEAST
Following rehab European star is a stunner TASER
Groundwork of book unaltered BASIS
Head of Times International rings in news TIDINGS
Horsey type eats single sausage BALONEY
I fled Scotsman's language IRANIAN
Invests gold with Scandinavians reportedly ORDAINS
It's a mistake to give South Home Rule -- or could be OVERSIGHT
Joker's in awful bind. Just the reverse -- he's full of hot air! WINDBAG
Latvians hired out vacant tenements LETTS
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Lily and Carly are dancing in an expressive way LYRICALLY
Note chap's involvement in clever plan to live in the country RUSTICATE
Pacemaker, for instance, is at heart simple worker IMPLANT
Pointers are almost completely unnecessary NEEDLES
Quite cold and thin CLEAN
Regularly meet at noon -- on time as intended MEANT
Run away from quarrel to shore BEACH
Sailors broadcast first of signals using this SI unit SIEMENS
Salts help us initially to assimilate sugars in a roundabout way SULPHATES
Tail-gating a vehicle four finally become loud and coarse ABUSIVE
They cover more than 4 variable aspects YFRONTS
They harbour impractical dreams of plans to fence in border IDEALISTS
What helps in government re-establishing courses ENTREES
What may be needed to achieve result from faulty taximeter EXTRATIME
Wow! Take in smart underwear GEESTRING
Young crabs? NIPPERS