The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,758 - Jun 1 2002

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Batter section of fortification RAMPART
Beat broth that has been cooked THROB
Butter that is not from the plain? MOUNTAINGOAT
Cunning Lulu getting up half hidden against tree VULPINE
Debris or gold found in the state MORAINE
Disease caught in time as lesson unravels MEASLES
Egghead had hint about Biblical king in poem ECLOGUE
Felt ale could have been removed from the sheet LEAFLET
Flame gamely held? OLYMPICTORCH
Grieved, provoked as otter suffered Movedtotears
Inflict pain before I left plant TORMENTIL
Lady be about first with hundreds then one more REBECCA
Lady during month to perform in an exaggerated way OVERACT
Later is represented by pragmatist REALIST
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Mob rage out of control because of the ban EMBARGO
Modest punter improved slightly Littlebetter
Not dare to replace explosive device DETONATOR
Number of children? ISSUE
On the throne expecting to be decapitated? REGNANT
One might buy a lot at it AUCTION
One worrying runner HARRIER
Plant, one taking on very large number MILLION
Ring Cliff for award OSCAR
Ring, ring me inside for some medicine CALOMEL
Rosalind on open land in Ireland ROSCOMMON
Small part, in motoring organisation, of main arterial way AORTA
The alternative hum came from lute THEORBO
Word-list contained the South African wild ox THESAURUS