The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,180 - Dec 8 2023

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Activist condemned votes to adopt electric vehicle that's inadequate STEVEBIKO
Award quartet gold book, mostly vulgar IVORNOVELLO
Blood one found underneath staff leisurewear MANKINI
Dancer's career regressed before scan number five NUREYEV
Delicate character in taverna, say, managed dance NUANCED
False barricades also surround huge estate SANDRINGHAM
Fine that's levied in US state delivering vehicle AIRTAXI
Flamboyant old master hoisted dish RISOTTO
Flight chiefs remain stern in control tower BABEL
Foreign brass getting in Indian snack, not hot dog BASENJI
French rice used in half of train's food CHORIZO
Islands halfway through fiesta embraced by First Lady once MELANESIA
Limerick chap perhaps elevated in a couple of lines NIALL
Local church's going over to perform routine in theatre SCRUBUP
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Maybe party operative's worried about boring councillor CATERER
Mock female yob FLOUT
Note hankie wiping first and second platter? REISSUE
Novelist setting chapter in province raised problem ALBERTCAMUS
Park still retains good centrepiece for artist SERENGETI
Railing sound on musical section TOLLBAR
Ruin principles of green transport after switch-over SUBVERT
Sally on counter occasionally praised nursing staff RIPOSTE
State interest financier finally attained so bullishly RAISONDETAT
Suit in case grander than all NOBLEST
Tourist, entertainer and clerk sharing Tango? HOSTELLER
Uncultivated lifer allowed pens FERAL
Variable risk to injured house champion YORKIST
Writer with great deal drinking like crazy TOLKIEN