The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 81 - Aug 13 2023

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Audio device connecting two parts of plant EARBUD
Back in house, mature partygoer entertaining half-cut beer enthusiast EAGERBEAVER
Bed-wetter's denial? HOSEPIPEBAN
Birds keep moving down south AVES
Boil green cabbage at start in school lesson DECOCT
Catch duck missing from enclosure COP
City where we see ladies or gents cycling OSLO
Contest is arranged to draw in right players CORNETISTS
Copper is one of those fellows accepted in European grants ELEMENTS
Counter back against family's tirades DIATRIBES
Debauched toymaker with head back consuming wine ORGIASTIC
Fervour around mass campaign for computer program FIRMWARE
Forest spirit is winged beast GREENWOODPECKER
Fully shelled crab with a condiment RAITA
Got uneasy initially backing Mercury in Queen, perhaps CAUGHT
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Hunting beast exposed gruesome wound MOUSER
Journalist back on port becomes numb DEADEN
Made smart call circumventing a trap that's set up NEATENED
Musician composed zero reggae GEORGEEZRA
Overseers great in number having negative effects SUPERINTENDENTS
Plant seed endlessly? Billion times GERBERA
Poet penning piece in centre of Canberra BROOKE
Rejects fast dismissed by talent scouts, unfortunately OUTCASTS
Reportedly evasive fish KOI
Revolutionary leader USA empowered -- not totally deliberate MEASURED
Spooner's swanky glove that's found by stage MOSHPIT
Stray dog dropping tail ROVE
Struggles to contain constant sins VICES
Uncertainty aboard the French vessel for vital period LIFESPAN
Way bar area fills ROAD