The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,040 - Apr 7 2023

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& 13 Prize-fighters as title contenders will punch but finish last BRINGUP
& 22 Old two-piece settee grandly unveiled repeatedly then chosen for similar DOUBLET
'A little cryptic', our setters' line COURSE
'Class' or 'type' nails it SORT
A way to escape the Yard MEWS
Cross palm with investment of a sub-£1,000 postal order COCKAPOO
Doctor Zhivago author held this back STERN
Fail to keep to having a shave LOSE
Fly solo over diminishing country steeped in history GOITALONE
In proposal, one's managed to make mark BRAND
Like protagonists in Holy Grail, we assume with a new soundtrack DUBBED
Metalworker is in time to work with this medium TINSMITH
Mick, call Ms Hillary? Friends again? ONSPEAKINGTERMS
Money-changing villain suffering current depreciation? AGIO
Ne'er-do-well asked for disused goods? BADEGG
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Nitrogen cycle of 26 chemist NERNST
Official subject line, Adam emailing back the Almighty? REEVE
Order two of each in the end, clever clogs? FOOTWEAR
Ordinary singer and ordinary song work together! ORATORIO
Position: kilometre between; hence zero -- then eventually in boundless supply! LIKELONDONBUSES
Puritan resistance quelled by one in fair position IRONSIDE
Reviving air mail area code for the Emerald City? OZONE
Romantic musical all about Sandi T's right-hand man? LALALAND
See 12 Across THEREAR
See 19 Across ANDHOSE
Sequence in which five notes becomes four imbues new Michael Tippett work (1,5,2,3,4) ACHILDOFOURTIME
Sustained work done by fielding side, having dropped opposition's opener TENUTO
To avoid embarrassment, trouser-wearer braces himself for this maintenance bill! UPKEEP
Warm and affectionate nurses upset Charlie? TAILENDER