The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,805 - May 3 2017

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After wine, Margaret's one often found pinning a guy down TENTPEG
Awfully patient with Girls Aloud? Very! EARSPLITTING
Banter's good when you're young, by implication? BADINAGE
Colouring maybe can be habit-forming if not caught ADDITIVE
Company restructured Times -- changes primarily superficial COSMETIC
Conservative judge initially dismissing opening speech as opinion without proof CONJECTURE
Cue to use butt of machine-gun in centre for interrogation QUIZ
Dumping half of book, abridged Pride and Prejudice -- eviscerated, rewritten as explicit novel BODICERIPPER
End of tryst with enchanting woman produces involuntary response TWITCH
Gave too much weight to column in print media? On the contrary OPPRESSED
Graduate bouncing check promises to pay, refraining from excess ABSTEMIOUS
Grants immunity to former politician given time in case of egregiousness EXEMPTS
Grass object of hunt up REED
Joe backing John for White House? IGLOO
Look like the cat who got the cream, left surrounded by butter GLOAT
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Make more efficient power cable, getting round resistance STREAMLINE
Mash rice mixed with core of apples as staple alternative? PAPERCLIP
Meg, being cryptic, to arrive unexpectedly ROCKUP
Origin of man? Start off in south-eastern France PROVENANCE
Pensioner perhaps runs away, trapped by contrary DIY bore YIELDED
Plant right in bog FERN
Rank deed in book TITLE
Resignation statement penned by red after polling being all over the place UBIQUITY
Roll back restraining order mostly with which one might be taken for a ride PEDICAB
Sierra vineyard -- dull, stunted plants here SCRUBLAND
Spoilt only son throwing away old hose NYLONS
Tramp can retain terrible clothes ITINERANT
Welsh water pressure's down a long way DEEP
Words spoken on stage, for example on Caesar's dying day ASIDES
Wound up mini grandfather clock at the back with two keys IRKED