The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,573 - Mar 23 2016

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About to hold drink CHUG
Approach open river OVERTURE
Art lover -- he's Tate mad and English AESTHETE
Bitter zealots surrounding European chamber CAMERA
Breakwater in sound is coniferous barrier SEADEFENCE
Checking old lecher is unwell -- what you might expect with fish soup ROUILLE
Cover a second replacement for alternative in 21 ENCASE
Dealer in stocks? FLORIST
Flipping nuisance nets northern game fish GURNARD
Flirt? Not only appalling flirt but heart of steel too TRIFLE
Great North Road in both directions a safe destination LAIR
I crave first taste of southern fried offal VISCERA
Inexpert engineer pounded lever endlessly UNDEVELOPED
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It could be 'Fatty' is hurtful ACID
It�s clear flawed hero�s in the money COHERENT
Japanese worship refurbished wide screens showing lots of old lines WIZENED
Magic broomstick? WITCHCRAFT
More demanded from Poulenc or Elgar ENCORE
Of regular quality, and advanced in more ways than one? STANDARD
One in seven workers is retiring BASHFUL
Pair set out for long tiring walk TRAIPSE
Perhaps Thomas Brown gets terribly keen about drink TANKENGINE
Rag trade's missing out in recovery CURE
Saving face, Neil Innes sat out, surplus to requirements INESSENTIAL
Somewhat dry and lacking in sophistication? BRUTISH
Tail off dace and eels cooked over half heat DEESCALATE