The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 428 - Sep 22 2010

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Age of revolutionary optimism round start of century EPOCH
Aussie bird, one moving around Baltic capital BUDGERIGAR
Be marched roughly around block at first to sleeping quarters BEDCHAMBER
Best to choose one parent OPTIMUM
Bitter aristo said to be a dead loss WRITEOFF
Buying and selling tea with bread around south of India INACHAIN
Church painter who supported reform CHARTIST
Demonstrating terror in capacity of ruler QUAKING
Future leader emerging from exile (1917) LENIN
Girls' drink BEVY
Go ahead and place your bet, old lady DOWAGER
Greasy ring encircling contents -- what's point filling vessel with liquid? SYRINGE
Hand guns to posse? Will the captain wear it? ARMBAND
I'm not safe to be let loose on programme MANIFESTO
I've now finished sentence with period -- put X against comma initially inserted EXCON
In Chinese forecasting system, Tokyo's capital's bound up with yen ITCHING
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Intercepted communications stirred up war I urged on both sides EARWIGGED
Internal division as shareholders' meeting supports rise for salaried personnel DIAPHRAGM
Jab somewhere below ribs in celebration SHINDIG
Made up word incorporating old name, Japanese or Siamese? CONJOINED
More than one monster draws blood -- leading character falls OGRES
Opening coming with no publicity VENT
Press-gang member of Chinese race? DRAGONBOAT
Resurrected, become once more dead duck EIDER
Slough East social group CASTE
Spill the beans about Blair's leadership and his party BLAB
Start to diet after rejecting mostly simple, old-fashioned fare VIAND
Straightforward arrangement to give information about one like 7 SQUAREDEAL
The ultimate footwear model LAST
This geezer's said to give trouble HOTWATER
Uncovered, got tan, nastily coming up orangey colour ANNATTO
Woman to pull right away WENCH