The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,740 - Apr 20 2014

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Awards, for dramatic achievements, zero marks OSCARS
Celt killed retreating non-U person WELSHMAN
Democratic politician after good moves to left aplenty GALORE
Dictates changes in crucial experiment ACIDTEST
Force Greek character to produce his country's cheese FETA
Gets really tired, swinging axes thus EXHAUSTS
Good-looking expert? OPTICIAN
Grit shown by you once in MCC, but missing double century THOUSAND
Illegal activity, except when dreadful villain finally is put inside UNLAWFULNESS
Influence that's minimised by removing crew WEIGHT
Is unfinished treatise wrongly included in academic's scholarly work? DISSERTATION
Killing, for example, in war zone endlessly CRIME
Negotiate with a couple of partners in region TRANSACT
Only fish that's never less than foot in length SOLE
Page is not commonly in colour PAINT
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Player's departure from English team before start of Test EXIT
Relation starts off as usual, ends in heartbroken lament AUNT
Revised many new ads as resources WAYSANDMEANS
Run in manner that's suspicious WARY
Sailing-ship left passage, heading North YAWL
Sneak on board with son to recover after breakdown STOWAWAY
Spiced meat right in Italian food I'm turning over PASTRAMI
Staunch supporter of flag, for example STEM
Tough love, including current arrangement of locks HAIRDO
What's attractive and marvellous about surfing facility? MAGNETIC
When it's dark or darkish up near opening of tunnel MIDNIGHT
Whereby text is digitally transmitted? SIGNLANGUAGE
Who's terribly depressed in final confrontation? SHOWDOWN
Within Europe the realpolitik's very delicate ETHEREAL
Yarn in court before end of trial WOOL