The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,588 - Apr 19 2016

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Activate cooler STIR
Admire highly elaborate event about period VENERATE
After vacation, steadily check procedure SYSTEM
Colossal creature hard to put among smaller ones BEHEMOTH
Complaint over line held by top brass COLIC
Condition in fine bench son removed FETTLE
Element in some bread with note COBALT
Excite young female with very sweet element in drink GALVANISE
Failure with promotion beginning to extol drink LEMONADE
Fellow investing in oil with a bet devised commercial rescue LIFEBOAT
Firm very large in China becoming dormant? COMATOSE
Gag new priest in rising US city ONELINER
Hidden fabric put on card held up ESOTERIC
Hotel in French resort appealing to a specialised market NICHE
Keeping school punishment right for a day RETENTION
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Make allowance for tycoon wanting no end of fine treatment EXCUSE
Medical instrument perhaps without a clear match in short SYRINGE
Motoring competition is suffering TRIAL
Plant becoming current in county SAMPHIRE
Possible follower of unit disrupted claimed purpose DECIMALPOINT
Produce not accepted in island CRETE
Return with wealth, not admitting that man's depressed -- it looks startling ELECTRICBLUE
Rudimentary Labour item with Corbyn (not ultimate for revisionist) EMBRYONIC
Sensational top worn by posh Republican LURID
Statesmen tinkered with form of assessment MEANSTEST
Study from ex-PM bringing out book LAIR
Technologist with confusion heads off in worry OBSESS
Uncommunicative figure in boys' territory OYSTER
Wander like engineers on ship DIGRESS
Way to introduce second element of Alastair Campbell, say MODEL