The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 27,776 - Apr 15 2015

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A jacket like this needs new blue beret, as odd DOUBLEBREASTED
A long time after mother's court award DAMAGES
Complete skill shown by hospital transport vehicle HOVERCRAFT
Dearie me! Top's come off chicken enclosures OOPS
Distressing illusion, mostly about gold rug TRAUMATIC
Do better in former prison accommodation, being cut off EXCEL
Dull brown flatfish swimming across river DRAB
Fast traveller that no one welcomes BADNEWS
Father always stands for this Scandinavian beauty FREYA
Feminine, ash-blonde, old, mad -- but family FLESHANDBLOOD
Festive wit's annual missive? CHRISTMASCARD
Found television well-informed SETUP
Germany? First to accept coach's seizure ordered by court DISTRAINT
Got back with insurance, after evacuating Rome RECOVERED
Large ugly tear with a line on the side LATERAL
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Left home, absorbed by island's horizon SKYLINE
Letters offering a good job FIRSTCLASSPOST
Lobster served as this on a bed? BOLSTER
Many labels must be wrong, of course BYALLMEANS
Mother gets fellow -- one with a criminal family MAFIA
Nuisance taking first portion of onion sauce PESTO
Progress with daughter meeting standard set by hospital department sponsor GODPARENT
Question source of water PUMP
Refuse with contempt, lacking new incentive SPUR
Supplied personnel and stopped replacing students with females STAFFED
Swimmer's nervous anticipation returned when help arrived laughing, initially NARWHAL
The tedium of showing embarrassment during sudden prosperity? BOREDOM
Title held by the Mirror EMIR
Tradesman's pound deposited in bank TILER
Works on garden dwellings with no end of charm HOES