The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,138 - Feb 18 2014

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As a prank remove pants from some rude baggage DEBAG
Basis of life found in most of apple roots scattered on motorway PROTOPLASM
Black Prince has returned? That's bunkum! BLAH
Boozed very quietly, wearing hat, and finally snoozed TIPPLED
Bumbling thieves net a small fraction of whole SEVENTIETH
Bury's centre wiped out in dreadful bombardment ENTOMB
Chum's 9 TOSH
Copper runs back to grab restraint CURB
Daily appeal's skilful and generous CHARITABLE
Doctor seen in unusually rough headwear HOMBURG
Fag end is beginning to smoulder on boat STUB
Fats changes first line to R 'n' B for songster WARBLER
Flyer's energy starts to dwindle with increased travel GODWIT
Gout's boiling hot -- that is becoming a difficult problem TOUGHIE
Great artist one's ignored TITAN
Hold back from putting a fire out in outskirts of Rouen REFRAIN
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It's upsetting, daughter in strongly regarded clothes treated thus? TIEDYED
Mentioning no names, old women will seek admission to woo hunky criminal YOUKNOWWHO
No time to burn papers in plant ORCHID
Photo's ruined SHOT
Ravel, that has a negative effect for the listener KNOT
Ready to show regret, over and over EURO
Reptile that man caught at last, working with hook and loops CROCHET
Serve up fabricated dairy product EDAM
So-called 'lion man' falls to pieces NOMINAL
Tree is giant. It regularly produces sap RESIN
Two verses penned by 'Old Dutch of East London' perhaps giving trouble in Hackney BOVVER
Type of 28 caught nothing before stoppage CLOVEHITCH
War king surrounds forlorn tower at start of siege bringing much weeping WATERWORKS
Weaken European power essentially in specified time DEBILITATE
Weight of vehicle? One ton CARAT
What should be considered if rock star breaks down RISKFACTOR