The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 553 - Apr 28 2011

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Bard entreats with passion intrinsically ARDENT
By the middle of session card game gets serious SOMBRE
Dark-red ruby dug out around central section of Kenya BURGUNDY
Dietary requirement for adolescent, they say PROTEIN
Encourage fatty to change top NUDGE
Enlarge head of deltoid by endless exercise system DILATE
Find Iceland's head of cod-fishery in port DISCOVER
Follow on to bend in fairway DOGLEG
Group, including core of nutters, occupied building SQUATTED
Is her art nouveau comparatively worthless? TRASHIER
Kind entrepreneur nurtures apprentice INDENT
Motorists steer round old animal RACCOON
Muscle's arterial construction beginning to lose shape QUADRILATERAL
Opener hit back after cross over DOORKNOB
Piercing wail KEEN
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Reckless driver smashed a door hard against edge of gutter ROADHOG
Record finding yellow flightless bird in uncontrollable flow of words LOGORRHEA
Restricted group in centre start to demonstrate CORSETED
River craft's a beaut following refit BATEAU
Rogue had mower fixed en route to place of origin HOMEWARDBOUND
Run out of pigment for groove OCHE
Slash, perhaps, as one cutting costs AXEMAN
Story arising about old lady's message EMAIL
Take responsibility for repairing old hurdles SHOULDER
Tidal barrier starts to strengthen estuarine area's defence SEAWALL
Translation of a blue novel, not English, does not inspire affection UNLOVABLE
Voicing regret with hurtful remark? That's codswallop! RHUBARB
Water secreted in nearly all treated timber support TIEBEAM
With training idle Northern git becomes industrious DILIGENT
Work out final bit of coded extract DEDUCE