The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,485 - Aug 7 2020

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Article found in half of gooey piece of cake EASY
Delicate new diamonds -- in round hollow case NICE
Entry slips spoiled as per lifelong non-union member Spinsterly
Express firm seeking excitement FAST
Festival finishing, just like that TET
Forbidden fruit pips oddly put in water ADAMSAPPLE
Grit breaking up Spitfire flap ASTIFFUPPERLIP
In which players may be highly strung? PUPPETSHOW
Indeed, even saving energy gains nothing QUITESO
Information uncovered by The Listener? OTIC
Monk, for instance, to enliven bishop, say JAZZMAN
Mormon treats Lady Gaga with first-rate bible LATTERDAYSAINT
Old king not wanting answer OFFA
Part of the ocean seen from piece of ground around a sunken basin ARABIANSEA
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Quibble regularly, stopping to seize rule by violence? CLUBLAW
Quiet Jack left banged-up by judge briefly having priority PREFERABLE
Random act cost his supply STOCHASTIC
Religious follower mostly backing despot TSAR
Search force missing danger RISK
Secondly, stipple with pencil and draw TIE
Shows conjecture on a divided Newcastle? SPECTACLES
Some choirboys look this way HOI
Spot nerve cut by inferior alloy STAINLESSSTEEL
Stitch trapping male diver SMEW
Strange stuff, business -- 24's stern, getting one demoted bizarrerie
Valley formed in beginnings of recent ice age RIA
Weak and mischievous after whiskey WIMPISH
What a coincidence Pluto could be described thus ITSASMALLWORLD