The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,020 - Jul 25 2013

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A doctor's appeal providing scope AMBIT
A group playing every dance with electronic announcement, that's diabolical ABANDONALLHOPE
Active antibodies, the secret of a cheat? (1,3,2,3,4) ABITONTHESIDE
Anecdotes about people, each inhabitant given short pseudonym PERSONALIA
Band behind shelter staring lasciviously LEERING
Bird weighed down by silver suit AGREE
Cheerful and confident I am first to enter measuring device OPTIMISTIC
Composer is otherwise in inn, drunk NIELSEN
Cooked eels around seven perhaps? An entirely different snack ELEVENSES
Crew observed machine making parallel cuts GANGSAW
Dough made from rope navy left PASTE
East European lord brought in to play instrument STEELDRUM
Engraved ancient text concealed VEDA
Give a lift to the Spanish girl -- and French when returning ELEVATE
Hazel's weak arm gets tangled in garment SHALWARKAMEEZ
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In European hotel host upset about return of drudgery? On the contrary GASTHOF
Independent published here by 8 IRAN
Initially Eastern market ring is hard to change for the better EMBELLISH
Mozart fourths I play in important passage StraitofHormuz
Old PM in the morning had no space for cheese EDAM
Pay attention to male journalist HEED
Picture of tin and pan primarily SNAP
Poet needing energy is falling behind on time ELEGIST
Re-dial, getting completely different line? ABOUTFACE
Some people always can make request PLEA
Take advantage of spring, reflecting age TRADEON
Teamed up, Italy will get nil INONE
Time Out shows grand primate embracing unknown Arab GAPYEAR
Tree's no good? It's given first-class oxygen NGAIO
Vision of 500 with a sheet of paper each DREAM