The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 748 - Apr 4 2012

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Article recalled imperial rule lacking closure AJAR
Attempting the ultimate spinning top with saw ESSAYING
Barmaid established bottles date from Roman time IDES
Bishop unconventionally ends with 'Ciao!' DIOCESAN
Characters in revival of 'Under The Volcano' creating split CLOVE
Coup as Manx cat brought about end of rat before church PUTSCH
Escort taking in bogus earl -- and her second mug is a judge SQUARELEGUMPIRE
Ex-comic and rock musician EAGLE
Half-hour in support group produces advance warning of migraine AURA
In parting felt compassion for bankrupt RUINED
Injured Ponting almost stopping practice session comeback STRICKEN
Itinerant worker featured in a number of papers revealing a lot of bottle REHOBOAM
Local development opponent against Lincolnshire town switching memorial's boundaries admitting nothing orally NILBYMOUTH
Long jumper perhaps put on strip before covering Nike top KNITWEAR
Magnetism some research discovered in coins PRESENCE
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Many old in Hawaii vote over independence HOIPOLLOI
Maybe Prince of Wales will accept cost over stay BEEFUP
Music producer loves capturing big opening chord OBOE
Oddball sequel Coen Brothers ultimately dismissed as blarney ELOQUENCE
Officer pursuing occasional guardsman's heavenly body URSAMAJOR
Play arrangement of unfinished Mahler Concerto No 7 HAMLET
Revealed more than is polite about a Republican being left behind MAROONED
Rocky hit in advance by Ragin' Bull, causing disgust LOATHING
Small number in university backing students' club UNION
This prompts one to bring up English setter's show of nerves EMETIC
Tottenham's underachieving Rafa produced scoring headers showing spirit TURPS
Utrillo's first among revolutionary abstracts shunning cold underlying layers SUBSTRATA
Vibration in centre -- more or less TREMOR
�Sausage Skin: Theory and Science� or the study of 20s? SEISMOLOGY