The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,517 - Dec 15 2015

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About southern French nothing's come up RISEN
Bird sanctuary's in Italian city MODENA
Capital in recession had been cold and damp WARSAW
Doctors covering anything which will be taken orally DRAUGHTS
False front as a facade? How could you? FORSHAME
Feisty, tears up diet ordered to follow SPIRITED
Films, news reels, for rest to fidget through WESTERNS
He's got the message ROGER
Herbivores pipe up DEER
In spring, backed one evincing these peculiarities TRAITS
Left, having to get towed WITHDREW
Look round very fast STARVE
Loud drunk's arrested and restrained SOFT
None -- none unaccompanied, that is NEVERAONE
Not ordinary open country, by the way STRANGE
On trees, meant to carve more than an initial FIRSTNAME
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Only in spirit, avowedly SOLE
Passage translated from '27' STRAIT
Repressing again parent's fears DREADS
Return westbound for trenches to provide cover PROFITS
Ruled it in, and sparked things off again REIGNITED
Run onto main road -- a blunder MISPRINT
Shoot a line CAREER
Smart, having knack to be in on the ground floor STARTING
Stops cold, then moves very carefully CEASES
That's before we saw the light ANTENATAL
The telltale shoes SNEAKERS
This girl making a comeback with us would be a bright star IRIS
Thoughts of child brought up and given into inner turmoil NOTIONS
Train has entire derailment going round bend RETINUE
With discretion, quash Republican information distributed TRACT
Wrote: 'Yet to reach top in newspaper world' NOTED