The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,525 - Dec 30 2015

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Best friend consuming a lot of time in pursuit of love OPTIMAL
Briefly near abandoning literary style? I am surprised GEE
Cheers up, insulated by knowing to ignore a piece of legislation STATUTE
Contralto mostly abandoned indication on score CLEF
Detained party, I fancy, may appear here IDENTITYPARADE
Detective seeing nothing different when turning up? EYE
Drug carried by town river with treatment to get through cold period OVERWINTER
Inclines to dismiss a visual aid LENS
Invoicing without first including pound charge leads to resentment ILLFEELING
Long arrangement of rope? Not hard ITCH
Look for comfort -- recoil of weapon's broken leg SNUGGLE
Metal point not finished TIN
No initiation of flash connection LINK
One from South America and one North, going to Central America INCA
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One with job on line receiving hard address APOSTROPHE
Part of chain restraining one, angry? Not initially a good idea BRAINCHILD
Platter? Her diet's wrecked after short space ENTREEDISH
Pointedly ignore note included in membership renewal? SNUB
Poor farmer -- ready for business, but nothing's shifting PEON
Pouring in addition will involve new rainwear WELLINGTONBOOT
Quits, as it were -- really meaning it? WITHAVENGEANCE
Relieved expression, avoiding hot seat PEW
Repeat: 'I support imprisoning renegade' ITERATE
Scrap with fashionable fool about British film RAGINGBULL
See our debacle in dissolution -- about time for this? DECREEABSOLUTE
Shed light on state in which one finds boy and girl in Dickens LITTLENELL
Shelter not getting approval? NOOK
Something added about house -- something added about house sport -- identifies contributor to match PHOSPHORUS