The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,684 - Oct 4 2016

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Awfully red on being found in nude, unexpectedly in raw! UNDERDONE
Blue fuzz having given way to feathers? DOWNCAST
By introducing odd treat, it makes poultry grow faster BATTERY
Came to their senses in time to quash terrible war SAWREASON
Characters not even attending party act curiously PRY
Cold, irrational desire CRAVING
English owner renovated previously ERENOW
Farewell (one's going in to get bag) VALISE
Gives loud cry, lifting hearts and going in HANDSOUT
Hoaxing with smart animal traps DOING
Hooligan rebuked is unlikely to brush it TEARAWAY
I lost a staggering figure -- that's accepted, uncomplaining STOICAL
Idiots lost, playing against Germany DOLTS
Lent is early ADVANCED
Mitty's wife running off, leaving change ALTER
Mum said twice it's a missile DUMDUM
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Never could have I meant, fooling about, to upset heart ATNOTIME
Not a show to enjoy REVEL
Off-colour wine's imbibed -- it requires little effort to get up HILLOCK
One keeps saying it's dangerous REPEATER
Rain pouring through caused to get saturated MARINADE
Rectifies end of laser sight, with 'South' correctly placed RIGHTS
Run taken during long innings, showing fibre STRAND
Ship bearing Queen's flag STREAMER
Speaks, when he and I have left, about their homeless STRAYS
Stopped and inspected, inserting key CEASED
Taking top off, start to write PEN
Well-bred. That's the main attraction TOPDRAWER
Wet, spoils holiday -- gutted MARSHY
Why one�s mad to be single again? IRE
Wood is fine as a frame OAK
Yellow, like tattered old book SPINELESS