The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,684 - Jul 23 2021

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Ambassador behind ceremonial transport HEARSE
Apparently where trap is centrepiece in terrorist attack (2,3,4,2,2) ONTHEFACEOFIT
Becoming fond of rebuke that ousts Left TAKINGTO
Caught cutting ecstasy, say ;-) ? EMOTICON
Closely follow pretence circulating these days SHADOW
Cords for making jumpers fit SKIPPINGROPES
Did groom feign missing tango when touring Spain? PREENED
Drunk embracing the setter has to go on a spree LIVEITUP
Half-hearted regime overthrown, broken by power TEPID
Having more of these, you must want more NEEDS
Hoi polloi split by army regulars, by the way RENTAMOB
Knife found in pub just after midnight? BARONG
Let back in US college for supporting study READMIT
Looking back in some secret rooms RETRO
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Make bad blood when reflecting on a quick communication AEROGRAM
Material complaint following infection deaths reported among drivers AFFLUENZA
Maybe Oxford manufacturer is stronger, having exported the first ton SOUTER
Method of choice covering specific period OPERATION
Month to get brown in 45 degrees OCTANT
Mostly mischievous war parties IMPIS
Musicians so-so -- bit patchy OBOISTS
One will cut devious histrionics from five onwards? INCISOR
Order to ignore the port? EYESRIGHT
Ripped up vacuous exam over a rhetorical question Erotema
Single nest spotted in run around island TRINIDAD
Unobtrusively 'discovered' another oddball heading Question Time ONTHEQT
Waste energy on half-hearted wife MISUSE
Woman's disgusted about losing Charlie's delivery of smack KISSOGRAM