The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 526 - Mar 11 2011

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Beam is small, less than 17 SMILE
Bet I go bust in extremity BIGTOE
Blacken almost one in 24? SINGE
Coastal city with disturbed seas turning in increasing pattern SPIRAL
Duck keen to eat duck AVOID
Easy money from racing stag? AFASTBUCK
German wife had a deceptive trick FRAUD
Half turning to stone dish creator PETRI
Hard back STERN
House-sitter, first female one since coming to prominence ASTOR
Ignorance is to remain, with thing sensed imperfectly BENIGHTEDNESS
Imaginary crumbs itch awfully MYTHIC
In a row about North European, someone dishonest LINEAR
Low-fat food the EEC confused with sago etc COTTAGECHEESE
Mathematician's system of salary grading, having each part cut PASCAL
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Perhaps ladies' doctor recalled story in memoir -- note, more than an in-law BLOODRELATION
Pitch dark fruit around edge of pastry SLOPE
Pound acceptable in modest settlement COLONY
Previous flame temperature on Sun is more than usual EXTRA
Promote worship without pressure RAISE
Report of possible utterances by fledgling writer PEPYS
Rugby in setting that's arduous GRUELLING
The kind of length collaborators may go to? LEAGUE
Trim evergreen tree SPRUCE
Tweet mostly about old group of warblers? CHOIR
Unsay, say, backing for gangster film GETCARTER
Wearing a robe and cape when belted CASSOCKED
When crossing (at sea?), I could go to either side FLOATINGVOTER
Where wooden horse was placed without end or start of piece INTRO
Works of 11 in later writing PLIES