The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,181 - Feb 21 2019

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A southern writer that's wooden ASPEN
Band leader beat senior DRUMMAJOR
Discontent and doubt mostly before upper-class parasite adopts new ship QUERULOUSNESS
Drink for each after a vermouth I fancy at first APERITIF
First knight leaves gun for religious leader CANON
Frolic about in retro vacation CAVORT
Group succeeded without festival SEXTET
Groups of notes hard to get in strings CHORDS
Growth of cultivated geranium with heads of pink and opal, planted round lake PELARGONIUM
Happy island processed oil flowers GLADIOLI
Inside forwards in America bagging four -- lottery is void, with no harm intended? INOFFENSIVELY
Literary doctor's unfinished letter THORN
Lowers taken aback in coarse cud eruption REDUCES
Miles playing along with Geordie rock LIMESTONE
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Most obscene tango to follow is tried drunk DIRTIEST
Murky old resentment apt originally for India OPAQUE
Numerical data question over including university in band STATUSQUO
Odd note adopted by half of insects of second city BRUMMIE
Original root gets discovered, second record concealed in two years ETYMOLOGY
Potter's art is such disappointment, no top, hardy inside and arty occasionally WIZARDRY
Pretend spread concealed in bit of butter PLAYAT
Shirking from sport with man on board FUNKING
So last injury almost sorted for hacks? Journalists
Starts to plunder effects robbers divided up in hiding PERDU
The setter's into islands singular beauty FAIRNESS
To embroil opponents, partners advanced both hands ENSNARL
Turning down a cold fruit CASABA
Unknown tongues translated for baby YOUNGEST