The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 23 - Oct 9 2008

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...knight's first person in France I'd back JEDI
A difficult time for the philosopher MILL
A little upset about one bone TIBIA
Beethoven overture, say, working within limits of Mozart EGMONT
Body chemical: oxygen and carbon linked by one I found in a brain AMINOACID
Ceiling�s yielding if set up inside SOFFIT
Difficult situation with dull fellow: end of exclusive party JAMBOREE
Diplomacy taking time and legislation TACT
Eastern city knight's excellent... DUBAI
Elegant of us, disposing of love with poison URBANE
Excessive toil on percussion on reflection MURDER
France left gold in form of old coin FLORIN
Frank, desperate, going to court DIRECT
Free tuition's ending in University College - anything to follow? UNCAUGHT
French composer I'd encountered amidst rising cacophony WIDOR
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Hairs -- possibly dog's back � with minimum space between? LOCKSTEP
Harm incurred in S&M � oiliness? SMARM
Japanese matting cheers me TATAMI
Name of pub, one overlooking meadow that's cut BARLEYMOW
No Italian city rejecting Giordano�s last opera NORMA
No Spanish article turning up in Spanish city LEON
Northern Ireland University register dropping one with little hesitation ULSTER
Obscure calamity's doing for one, unfortunately MYSTICAL
One canine evident in poodle, possibly? Good -- here's another POLICEDOG
One follows split after various free votes REFERENDA
Rubber trees are cut down both sides and chopped up ERASER
Sign changes, first letter going off ARIES
Simply expect a start to spring with the return of birds ASSUME
Suffice a King to tuck into wine mostly MAKEDO
Surface of sea affected one lot of prawns SCAMPI