The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,624 - Apr 9 2021

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& 17 Down Physical devices -- two things I've been stuck into of late! BUBBLE
& 22 Down Choose the hippy type of action? MAKELOVE
& 25 Down That shows cheek, lip and neck from dendrite to axon! OFALLTHE
& 4 Down Rearrange minor downs, say -- getting across answer, very briefly? INSOMANY
'Not guilty'? Hammered chap's imbibed an excess! PLETHORA
As surfaces of labware may be with brine? RINSEABLE
Athletic is taken over on Jan 1? SINEWY
Dorset resorts -- fine breaks we look to after winter DEFROST
Drink first in opera-house, ahead of very famous ballet KIROV
E3 ... here artist croaked, and here crock lies ENDOFTHERAINBOW
Failure to screen Zulu and The Queen, making a difference to summer NONZERO
Fair game in more senses than one, relatively speaking? AUNTSALLY
I'm after an involvement with altar MARITAL
Is someone lookin' for him in the auditorium? HAYDN
Just like Humpty Dumpty to clear everything away from wall? OVOIDAL
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Lord about to operate locomotives, scoring the same two points out of six SEIGNEUR
Managed to contain party element RADON
Mark from the newsroom stores beds up for purchase INSTOCK
Money's split up on The Chase HUNTING
One shilling, then twenty times more animals SQUID
Overthrow personal challenge that's put forward BEARDOWN
See 1 Down CHAMBERS
See 14 Down NERVE
See 8 Down NOTWAR
See 9 Down WORDS
Several compilers rolling over from Australia? NOTAFEW
So hand catches head and misses Oscar? LASSOES
The collective IQ's not high, for starters DIMSUM
The cut does individually supply a fair return? BANGFORONESBUCK
When this goes wild Granny Smith makes Mr S jumpy! ANYTHING