The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,384 - Apr 24 2015

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Abandon a missing black vessel AORTA
About to cut one half of starched tight collar ARREST
Bucolic European block primarily upset by English ECLOGUE
Caution Mrs Grundy -- time to stop mixing in Italy PRUDENTIALITY
Cockpit in good condition WELL
Collapse following race, a sign of distress? TEARDROP
Comparatively small book anybody perused on a regular basis BABY
Exotic land set to encourage operator on bridge? DENTALSURGEON
Face panic in hospital department that's besieged in the afternoon ESCARPMENT
Fair girl at first sang all day -- every second GALA
Food's sizzling, still SNAPSHOT
Former African place of birth NATAL
George I put on gold crown, meeting destiny AUTOPILOT
Imbibe six-pack brother rejected ABSORB
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It may support rider put out by legal profession CROSSBAR
Laurel and Hardy on vacation, boarding British plane? BAYTREE
Man perhaps mostly set on interrupting extremely ghastly old poem GRAYSELEGY
Maximising efficiency of new income for harnessing source of renewable energy ERGONOMIC
Muck-raker to run down mother entwined with one having desire? SCANDALMONGER
One making a trunk call has no such complaint AMNESIA
Online news partly fabricated? This is LINEN
Quaint material left by duke TWEE
Section of dramatically rising river TAMAR
Show off magnificent bear GRANDSTAND
Talk about actors in cast getting put off PROCRASTINATE
Three-man government wanting judge to restrain current chief TRIARCHY
Wacky single short guy, not one to get close SNUGGLE
Works in university, making contribution to reprint of rare title LITERATURE