The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,739 - Oct 28 2021

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& 24 & 25 Frank calling with dinner for students in former auditorium FREE
& 3 & 6 'Go slow' crew below receive a sound beating LOSE
'Bean' brightened senior up around noon REDLENTIL
'Sovereign Bakeries' failing, remain closed down KAISER
... quite badly wetted, content-wise, in customs ETIQUETTE
Alpine ptarmigans a bit silly INEPT
Area, they say, is eyesore SIGHT
Barney's wife called -- article from Paris ... WRANGLE
Calendar spoilt with lid of paint stripper LAPDANCER
Cosmetic treatment of soilpipe so 'off' LIPPIE
Dad's second jumper, for instance, shows full value AMOUNT
Dreamy Gloria hasn't a map, unfortunately PHANTASMAGORIAL
Editor with vim not exactly soporific DORMITIVE
Fitter needs wherewithal when struggling to remove both weights HEALTHIER
Kelvin currently on the shelf, it's learned KNOWLEDGE
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Melting following English female's gush EFFUSION
Miss note during recording -- thus shut up! CLOSETED
More tatty room pricey, oddly next to river ROPIER
Portray the scatterbrained Nubian, maybe, and muck about? ACTTHEGIDDYGOAT
Rice, perhaps, for constable? OFFICER
See 1 Across DOWN
See 1 Across HANDS
See 22 Across HALL
See 22 Across TRADE
Seen in fjord, marine creature gets surprised expression from Jock SEALOCH
Song's composed about flimsy trifles NOTHINGS
Starch thrown at a cop -- one's in for it! TAPIOCA
The setter's people start to exult following negative vote for candidate NOMINEE
Was she Shaw's parasite? CANDIDA
Well-integrated chap comprehends kernel of thesis COHESIVE