The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,189 - May 16 2014

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23 cases of theory and knowledge TYKE
Allow one way to make hair curly PERMIT
Condition for taking off song grew less convincing, delaying English song's intro twice AIRWORTHINESS
Don't manage to contain this erratic skid sideways FISHTAIL
During brief panic, I got an awful barrage of questions INTERROGATION
Ecstasy in comparison with cola, essentially intoxicating stuff ETHANOL
Ethnic Chinese boxer raised an emotional problem HANGUP
Expert on calculating machine trait I engineered ARITHMETICIAN
Flashiness of grand palanquin GLITTER
German admiral and duke's widow (not posh) attempt to mate quickly SPEEDCHESS
Get back into the habit, right? REDRESS
He's to be guided, morally good, very likely to exclude daughter GODSON
Hear James scat! It has gripping 'soul', you might say GYMSHOE
It's surprising what might be seen in yawning abyss? HELLSTEETH
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Join cloth, covering metres in duck SMEW
Marking complete, carpeting or mattress not covered? TICKINGOFF
One should stop overheating coal, not surprisingly COOLANT
Perhaps work at an area for drivers and water animal MANATEE
Pitiful quality of pedestrian routes around Oval PATHOS
Printing space, more critical for one who writes cuttingly ENGRAVER
Revise thesis, e.g., to take in views SIGHTSEE
Rising young swimmer assuming story is a wake-up call REVEILLE
Scrutinise high-spirited chap over malicious gossip SCANDAL
Some fear chicanery is mischievous ARCH
Someone questioned grudge involving small lake RESPONDENT
Turning pitch black produces terror BRAT
Twisted joint, shortly died, having consumed too much KNOTTED
With a final twist, Reds apply quotas to fellow feeling COMMISERATION