The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 80 - Aug 6 2023

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Clues Answers
'River plaice' battered -- must be fake REPLICA
Better to avoid beer -- it admits little communication TWEET
Bishop enthralled by Thomas, saint with unique memorial TOMBSTONE
Blend of cigarette tar -- get nicotine-free for rolling INTEGRATE
Chess piece, not king, that's black in comparison NIGHT
Cleopatra's unspoken last words surfacing in America? ASPHALT
Clinging on to plaice finally, angler is disposed to do this? ENLARGE
Consecutive numbers figured in this record SEVENTYEIGHT
Cram in too much duck -- avert reprocessing with English stuffing OVEREAT
Damned like souls in Hell? FLAMING
Employ 9 characters for developer at Exeter OPERATE
Fifty-fifty splitting two hundred? It's criminal ILLICIT
Fuel found in Crosby maybe, essence that could lead to explosion BOILINGPOINT
I had a bit of a laugh here? IDAHO
Clues Answers
Love food, lying in bed and having a dip OYSTERS
Misbehave one time, starting domestic row TERRACE
Old boy sitting on 'sitting thing' OBSESSION
One cuts right angle? LETTEROPENER
One takes up art, dropping behind when tense SKILIFT
Overpriced in Paris, the towering spire? STEEPLE
Partner's using it to plaster over five lounges LOITERS
Poser concerning this setter's twisted disguise PSEUDONYM
Thirty-one days rest -- 15 could follow that DECEASE
Trying to give thanks hurt TASTING
Unusual island ... Cos? No, but similar ICEBERG
Way to get all-inclusive meals THOROUGHFARE
What's the point of surgery? SCALPEL
Wow, addition to script is pants GASPS