The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,228 - Dec 7 2019

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A university occasionally copied, held up as sound AUDIO
Away from home, time to wear dead crumpled old hat OUTDATED
Bed one rises to go to ROOFGARDEN
Belt one aristo's got on HITITOFF
Caught Romeo escaping from relation in blue CYAN
Cheers! Whisky with less water is cheaper TAWDRIER
China used by pub meeting for Fulham and Chelsea perhaps LOCALDERBY
Continental marriage? It's hard to get out of it! EUROPEANUNION
Eating bit of chicken? BEAK
Flying squad character joins prison guards, not taking sides AIRCREW
Gold and green veg and other food grown here ORCHARD
Growth of pleasure -- well, that's endless FUNGUS
Kitty used by a merchant wandering round eastern region for customers? CATCHMENTAREA
Like one who scoffs when folk get heated? CANNIBALISTIC
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Literature that's lost the plot? NONFICTION
On going in opposite directions, best to be persistent NONSTOP
One gawps, regarding learner driver with turn coming up OGLER
One's precious ring, left by father OPAL
Parts of cereal crop burning in distance we hear EARSHOT
Pedantic phoney's love dismissed by the Queen HYPERCRITICAL
Rasp needed for cunning plan WHEEZE
Revered figure, royal, almost due to go walkabout OURLADY
Said to be obsessed with study in retirement INTONED
Scruff takes ecstasy, seeing little sleep ahead NAPE
Short cloak, cool -- no itch when used off and on LACONIC
Slate and pine -- that's style PANACHE
Sleazy club founder gets attack from on high DIVEBOMB
Vote to get extra large notice dismantled BYELECTION