The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 482 - Dec 24 2010

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& 12 Piously, a fee unsettled, for certain IFYOU
& 20 Pet united with one of most limited range during engagement GUINEA
& 27 Present-day message resorted to smirch agnosticism? (...see 14) CHRISTMASIS
'What's the Story?' It's unbelievable without its 11th letter TELLALL
(See 12...) (28 8 15 18dn 10, then...) Glorification? Silly bloody guess! GODBLESSYOU
, 10, 26 & 4 (12...) Having PhD (no apathy), unsentimental poor beggar's request (...28 8 29 10 18dn 10 23...) PUTA
, 17 & 19 (see 1ac...) Such a topical occurrence would make eight-stone gigot feast unlikely! (...see 12) THEGOOSE
30-day tribal division SEPT
A flier up to no good ATIT
Blue -- not quite up SAD
Corrupt RAF flier is aboard POISON
Dish improbably located in 5? PIE
Fellow Northern banker DON
Geographical feature visible in Adriatic RIA
Having swallowed drug, boy's only a 10? CHEAP
Japanese sash's charm OBI
Leave with appreciation for Swedish river GOTA
Loud disagreement punctuates slur of characters with 32dn 30 SORROWFUL
Mata Hari's expression of surprise AHA
One very sensational conjugation ISOGAMY
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One's released duck on Southern loch NESS
Pancake 99% have eaten up CREPE
Peaceful place and time are lacking HAVENT
Pleasure act? I shall comply WILLDO
Porgy and Bess's ultimate competition SCUP
Quickly return mail with Royal Institution heading and seal for envelope RIPOSTE
Ray Charles finally kissed girl in play? In play 9 this may be Scrooge SKATE
Reading of Yeats novel thus far ASYET
See 1 COMING
See 14 FAT
See 14 Across ISGETTING
See 16 PIG
See 21 INTHEOLD
See 21 Across MANSHAT
See 21 Across PENNY
See 28 Down PLEASE
Some European ready to knuckle under in part LEU
Understood energy and temperature GOT
Weather broadcaster SKY