The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,407 - Jun 4 2015

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A jerk to tease child TWITCH
Add: 'Scratch pad and ballpoint inside' APPEND
Appeal what was said? HOWSTHAT
Argues that 'is intended to be read' HASWORDS
Bear up -- there's a steel band! HOOP
Better see alternative tours agency for flight ESCAPE
Breaks down when pronouncing sentence? SPELLS
Detail being wrong, housing was devastated LAIDWASTE
Drink knocked back, be aggravating and mean PALTRY
Eat too much duck ourselves. Yummy GORGEOUS
Extracts from 'Turn, Fool, to Those More Wise Than You' PASSAGES
Filed story, left in rush REPORTED
Following first of great lovers, worried. Evidently feels inferior GROVELS
Go over with backing of English and former US president RETRACE
Is corrupted, having bad end, involved in crooked deals ADDLES
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Later, treated cold I caught -- that's a performance RECITAL
Matches in general as opposed to big matches CONTESTS
Neck one's broken in vessel GALLEON
No end worried, this person most of all DENIAL
Not a spirit of forgiveness AVENGINGANGEL
Personality had been gifted perhaps, being totally in control SELFPOSSESSED
Rather curt 'Quiet!' or 'Hist!' ruffled SHORTISH
Realist, I prepared to capture love with expensive bauble SOLITAIRE
Recovered myself, having undone coat to wrap round CAMETO
Rub out odd number written in STRANGLE
Something wrong with wheel in car following Her Majesty ERROR
Upturned and half full, swig PULL
Web wastes time, to start with, for children ISSUE
When class and society may show what one owns ASSETS
Yacht sailing from Portugal; sometimes rough, sometimes smooth PATCHY