The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,146 - Mar 4 2014

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Affected person quietly drifting away ARTY
African city making offer in the course of a month ABIDJAN
Animal is excellent, without disease AGOUTI
Archbishop when meeting Her Majesty becomes a comedian LAUDER
Bird dunked in wet dressing, not cold wine SAUTERNE
City's coarse food on the turn HAMBURG
Colleagues in gatherings after leader has been deposed ALLIES
Disturbance as drink after drink gets knocked back RUMPUS
Effrontery in support given to heartless deception BACKCHAT
Endlessly flourishing church in the country GREECE
Enlargement of hostelry seen as retrograde -- vulgar interior BLOWUP
Female hit boyfriend? One's seen to be fiery FLAMBEAU
Gentleman admitting affection, nothing less for the old folk? SILVER
Good weapon making oblique movement GLANCE
March forward to restrict a hunt FORAGE
Move firm to the west -- get special advisory service round RELOCATE
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Officer and politician (a Leftie) set side by side COMPARED
Old governor making one toe the line OBEY
Old ruler's down, up in dance CZARDAS
One animal to suffer when impeded by fool DASSIE
Paper shows one garment, one found in South Africa IZVESTIA
PM as Lord after change of direction PEEL
Poet needs to be more funny -- that's an extra aspiration WHITTIER
Queen isn't whimsical QUAINT
Slip back over island to make observation ESPIAL
Soldier, fellow to defend a country PARAGUAY
Stains produced by insects, dreadful being embedded BEGRIMES
This Irish singer will be seen in a commercial coming up DANA
This strangely gripping old TV series seen as a big success SMASHHIT
Unrighteousness makes girl looking two ways hurt inside ADHARMA
Very good food for one to tuck into? It's wretched PITIABLE
What quiet Axminster offers as a place for dodgy financiers? TAXHAVEN