The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,162 - Sep 17 2003

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Clues Answers
...mum right till artist's festival... MARDIGRAS
...time for a piece of music TEMPO
A rocker's keeping his rocky surprises... ASTONISHES
A veto from Chirac following shortly ANON
An out-of-the-way joint? ELBOW
Bond's accessory ATTACHMENT
Comatose on the settee, perhaps, taking in 'Howard's End' SEDATED
Cooks without opening ovens OASTS
Diamonds - initially rock-hard - often make beautiful items RHOMBI
Disordered study, maybe PSYCHIATRY
Fantasy about female embraces DREAM
Ghostly appearance has head removed and held in both hands SPECTRAL
Having debarked tree sitting on root of iron ASHORE
He wrote play about 'Lost at Sea' TOLSTOY
He's up the pole! STYLITE
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In which the meaning is taken GIST
It describes movements as earth circles irregularly RICHTERSCALE
Levelled following 150 declared CLAIMED
More than one man allied to Leeds United? DALESMEN
Northeast recipe - mash with mint sauce IMPERTINENCE
Official document's put before Tory leader DIPLOMAT
Perceives a wife as a plaything SEESAW
Punters caught right on TV CLIENTELE
River goddess ISIS
Shock horror! Here's a solution HAIRSPRAY
Sports club enters banker's discussion DEBATE
Tarry undersea anchor MAINSTAY
Telegraph line? EDITORIAL
They hailed from various corners with no end of rubbish! TOWNCRIERS
Train-mad? LOCO