More info:I've been unaware that init.d scripts started by systemd must be manually stopped even if they have exited/failed, before they can be started again.
That sorted, it turns out that the show-stopper is the root ownership of /var/lib/deluged/config/as indicated in my first report. This directory should be owned/writeable by the debian-deluged user.
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