The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,878 - Oct 19 2002

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Accountant taking the lead in Irish county CAVAN
Almost cheat the foreign lady FRAU
Bony employees? SKELETONSTAFF
Children's conversation? SMALLTALK
Crazy way to be unsaddled in the nursery? OFFONESROCKER
Derrick hurried into church CRANE
Dishonest-sounding instrument LYRE
Everyone behind western barrier WALL
Got comfortably out of debt? SETTLED
Haven bar shattered in time HARBOUR
High church feature SPIRE
Highfliers chewing raw rice AIRCREW
In Canada certainly one will find this tree ACER
In some countries it still carries a lot of weight BEASTOFBURDEN
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Islands not exposed to blows? LEEWARD
Jammed cylinder? SWISSROLL
Joker now going round class first CLOWN
Lady be included in year's entry ANNABEL
Man lies outrageously ISLE
Not a sound way to see what another says LIPREAD
One item to be auctioned first in India is a small brass pot LOTA
Preparatory digging? SPADEWORK
Restoration novel in authentic setting RENEWAL
Rex leaving union to progress to a higher level GOUP
Splattered our pelmet with oil PETROLEUM
Sulphur caused industrial fatality to one who was highly trained on the Skilledworker
That POW struggled by canal TOWPATH
What some caramel toffee does in your mouth? MELT