The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 953 - Mar 29 2013

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Angel backing the vintage drama HONEY
Bowman's list of options reduced suspicion MENUHIN
Breaking with courtesy, in France it's a harsh regime POLICESTATE
British ruler voided community decoration policy CYMBELINE
Bunk with a strong smell after time TRIPE
Cafe meal's an unpalatable offence MALFEASANCE
Change financial inspection, regularly substituting workers AMENDMENT
Cold wrought iron to reinforce stiff framework CRINOLINE
Commended about protecting island of those not expecting divine intervention DEISTIC
Dissembled to cover military actions, lifting rifle DESPOIL
Fur one wants on marine mammal MINKE
Gold single mother keeps in vault MAUSOLEUM
In dialect, it's one mode to start with IDIOM
In double-bottomed baked goods, dilute concentrated substance PITHINESS
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Make young corporal upset, worried about sappers PROCREATE
Master with hidden pawn to bring into play EXERT
Matching kit is a triumph in review of international match TWINSET
Moisture distribution shown by meteorological scales? MACKERELSKY
Not being educated and not into acing first of exams somehow IGNORANCE
One's abstract expressionism's beginning without detail IMPRECISE
Show segment uploaded from al-Jazeera by al-Jazeera LAYBARE
Skip last couple of bits of pulpy, wet seafood SQUID
Spray crumbs with common stuffing ingredient CORSAGE
Stage reportedly 'owned' by Ms Dunaway? PHASE
Sweat from generation spanning working lives AGONISE
Sweep often accompanies me, describing chimneys SOOTY
This can copy indiscriminately like a crawler SYCOPHANTIC
What gutter removes when crossing road behind pub INNARDS