The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,526 - Feb 2 2024

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Clues Answers
100, old? Shut up! CAGED
Bash to the head, wise to get prescription DOSAGE
Belief in science -- i.e. maths -- for rationalisation? ATHEISM
Branch ending rent handout LEAFLET
Characters with an inclination to head east ITALICS
Chopin's bust inspires my uplifting description of Beethoven's Fifth? SYMPHONIC
Cold rental in resort -- hotel dining room warmer CENTRALHEATING
Converted a Tesla with tin and lead on TANTALISE
Deplore outspoken insult that's mumbled on stage RHUBARB
Dictaphone's missing one moving message DISPATCH
Drink gallons with pop on tap? On the contrary GRAPPA
Energetic dance -- twist maybe -- means falling down regularly SAMBA
Flash without showing rear in favourite grass skirt PETTICOAT
Galway chic? Eire could offer alternatives -- it's slowly going downhill GLACIER
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Lean on Jag's boot, which gets bent THING
Listener's bottom pain returned -- it's growing LOBELIA
Long time left in darkness -- this will brighten things up NEONLIGHT
No parking in golf club, say UTTER
One's alight, turning on Jamaican? ISLANDER
Portion of quail leg -- a luxury that could be banned ILLEGAL
Son dropping plug causes obstruction STUMBLINGBLOCK
Start of play about Waterloo, maybe small prelude before battle ACTIONSTATIONS
Taxi turns up, attending to company that's rolled up TOBACCO
Time to face creature, semi-aquatic adder? TOTTER
Transmitted current intelligence, sheer sloppiness! SENTIMENTALITY
Unfinished, a press kit showing new breaks for following sport APRESSKI
Very old boards I had detached ISOLATED
Welsh river ferry in a serious way DEEPLY