The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,765 - Feb 22 2017

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A dose of Obama zeal causing surprise AMAZE
Alain de Botton, for instance -- it sounds like he could be trying ESSAYIST
Attains dry facts about possibly unhealthy substances TRANSFATTYACIDS
Boxer interrupts breaks, those that are practical REALISTS
Care a bit about germs BACTERIA
Cash activity? ORIGAMI
End result of 23? CLOSURE
Fancy someone hooked on research eating nothing, getting into Ecstasy pills ELABORATE
Female born by walls of Damascus making demands NEEDS
Game against stifling odds in Championship AEGIS
Italy taken in by dreadful Cubist, Florentine perhaps BISCUIT
Leak to be fixed in vessel KEELBOAT
More than half promoted Suggs, thanks to short track that's a matter of taste GUSTATORY
Nice seaside? RIVIERA
On paper only, submitted bill with new heading? UNVOICED
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One glued to mobile phone with fingers crossed INHOPE
Outrageous cheek covering up Left speaker's put-down HECKLE
Party with new soldier is unhealthy STAGNANT
Resoundingly how you wouldn't expect to see PETA supporters gather INFER
Rubbish and junk in river DERIDE
Seriously guttural -- not the ultimate in cool GRAVELY
Stein's first in his field avoiding extremes of epicurean ostentation KITSCH
Storage unit Logan heartlessly installed in French holiday home GIGABYTE
Tangle of small spawn noted by Spooner in the Firth? SEAWEED
Tax haven in which vendor's suggestion might sound tempting DUBAI
Theatrical remake of Oscar hit ACTORISH
Think overlong when torn in two? OPINE
To digress, I've backtracked in court DEVIATE
Unbrewed? Unlaid? Unread? Un objet COFFEETABLEBOOK
Win over hard core -- a sight to behold NIAGARA