The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,870 - Dec 23 2005

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Being less bright, faded around 2000 DIMMED
Female emerging from a scrap or two? RAGDOLL
Garden item mum put on board (overgrew outside unfortunately) VEGETABLEMARROW
In a tricky situation, being stuck in the wood? UPAGUMTREE
Indications of kisses from old lovers? EXES
Like someone on the way who is savvy? STREETWISE
Member of the family, Rex, involved in fuss BROTHER
Minor reproof on leaving LESS
Mrs Joyce used to be a goose NORA
New dairy built - with quality of something built to last DURABILITY
One of the sisterhood gets a dance BEGUINE
One putting on an exhibition in rain around the Home Counties POSEUR
Part of eye that could have tear in? Yes and no RETINA
Part of machine that's quiet and almost completely hidden PLATEN
People to give out prizes - TV personalities? PRESENTERS
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Prudent management and thrift in state capital PROVIDENCE
Put a line beneath nineteen at most? UNDERSCORE
Quick movement with trade mostly on the up DART
Remarkable penalty FINE
Rumour about wine coming from the Douro valley REPORT
Singer from local town ALTO
Something intoxicating poured out in an hotel ETHANOL
Sound of burrowing animal in groove RABBET
The German keeps behind, being more stupid DAFTER
The language our duchess uses! URDU
Wait a short time before nurse appears ATTEND
Was terribly black - has become cleaner SWAB
Weapon from part of Norfolk with message on base BROADSWORD
What quite wrongly makes someone see red? COLOURBLINDNESS
You and I having g-got knowledge like an overdue rest? WELLEARNED