The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 670 - Nov 18 2011

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Clues Answers
... French one mostly frozen and crisp LACONIC
Antonio disconcerted after Duke's largesse DONATION
Book in large paper size -- which one has back covers? ISAIAH
Brute strength with weight lifting SWINE
Dear Father, as used in Irish letter LAMBDA
Decide a router's initial connection speed? ARBITRATE
Deputy in convent dismisses six for display of affection CARESS
Deserted rescue vessel between runs DARK
Flood or upsurge of volcanic material before long, around noon AVALANCHE
Girl touring (along with maiden) subcontinent, perhaps LANDMASS
Great point between peaks above Greek mountain lake ... COLOSSAL
Handy boundaries for double fault DEFT
Head of nuclear authority reviewed a lake NYASA
Heroic character's run through destiny LANCELOT
In leg it is slightly ... itchy? FLEABITE
Clues Answers
Irish frontman welcoming good bit of percussion BONGO
Means of raising energy tax in part that's mounting ELEVATOR
Mo left behind the leader? SPLITSECOND
No retainer as ice man is sacked AMNESIAC
Notice medium appearing in upcoming 1980s TV series SMALLAD
Pacific explorer crossing wild sea with Banks's beginning patient record CASEBOOK
Port area captured by king, cunning one KARACHI
Regulator of volume brought in to see what's in a pint? VALVE
Sauce or gravy? BRASS
Selection of quiches, typically stacked CHESTY
Spread tale with extremely sordid links? KISSANDTELL
To indemnify French cathedral site, European must encase rough edge REIMBURSE
Translation of casual Zen passage SUEZCANAL
US thinker takes forever to span seas to the French EMERSON
With head ten times bigger, intensely coloured black and blue LIVID