The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 283 - Jan 12 2010

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A red kestrel destroyed hat DEERSTALKER
Bag refurbished chalet after first of September SATCHEL
Barren as rainfall is deficient principally ARID
Blow! Not a left-footer RIGHTHANDER
Corresponded then married in Switzerland. Quite the reverse! MATCHED
Criminal reproduces rare carbon copy fakes SAFECRACKER
Druggie's endless cure finally succeeded HEAD
Fellow in German committee provides violin part FINGERBOARD
Fine summer in Provence for holiday FETE
Flower rim mostly black in the centre LILAC
Fondness on a regular basis for poetry ODES
Fried bread�s mis-shapen contour CROUTON
Frightening endings to Poe tale -- horror story EERY
Germs could become biological without processed goo BACILLI
Handled soft fabric FELT
I must leave outstanding cook CHEF
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Instrument involved in early recording LYRE
Interested in Old English? Only when transposed ENGAGED
Kind of tour undertaken by would-be MP gallivanting with less time to work WHISTLESTOP
Met Tina on the third of April unexpectedly RANINTO
Mythical creature's still on island YETI
Part of Chester area is excellent RARE
Police district's reported method MANOR
Prison disturbance STIR
Promise by speaker is verbal WORDOFMOUTH
Screened Conservative deliveries to journalist COVERED
Second bit of dirt falls to bottom of storage tank SILO
Silly bride and Brian start to dally inappropriately BIRDBRAINED
This reactor is a speedy generator FASTBREEDER
Tree nut hugs hollow Acer CAROB
Varnish outside framework with a touch of creosote SHELLAC
Whereon dead Russian tsar might have rested DIVAN