The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 890 - Dec 7 2012

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(Relative -- male/female one) PARENTHESIS
Baker and lecturer in relationship KILN
Bird with beak of gold flying up ROBIN
Fish coming up change course, turning to get room for manoeuvre LEEWAY
Fit for purpose, therefore without amplification? ERGONOMIC
Gatecrasher preparing to fry old lamb? BATTERINGRAM
Get down to business at post-summit dance TALKSHOP
Importance of last king taking on a mission to get rid of king GRAVITAS
It's not clear this bit hasn't been dyed GREYAREA
Jack up sound beams RAYS
Junk trader's starting price in London hit hard SPAMMER
Line manager who'll need more than one line? ANGLER
Merry because man's around JOCOSE
New York district representative returned? Don't bet on it! NOHOPER
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Newish EU member's half-back containing another -- man of the match? PYROMANIAC
Out of date, like one who got into rock ages ago? FOSSILISED
Powdered earth? GROUND
Revise futurism's leading part in Soviet art movement REDRAFT
Scots know to carry two bloody types of wood OAKEN
Showed partiality, excessively, and kissed with abandon TOOKSIDES
South Africa initially has recorded more than one try ESSAYS
Southern African state's lost national independence anthem's first verse STANZA
Spooner's one cornering spot market, perhaps in fast food HOTDOG
Stick knife in one who's breaking writers' strike? SCABBARD
Too American? American's great! ASWELL
Unofficially, not hitting top form OFFTHERECORD
Victim of Winterman's predecessor? FALLGUY