The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,431 - May 11 2008

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A bad figure, standing. Slouch DROOP
Are about - to spill the beans RELATE
Bad lighting ARSON
Begins with the big coop inside OPENS
Believe the skinny kid I'd gone off with THINK
Bloody cold! PERISHING
Caught putting a rotten egg, cracked, into BAGGED
Coat was torn apart by birds MACAWS
Cracking up after the snake attack BOASTING
For a monkey, male, the usual routine MANDRILL
Give the most convincing evidence of pain BESTOW
Hang around while most depart, worried DRAPE
Having meant to stay out, does PROPOSED
He's calling the dog McNeill WHISTLER
I urge you to bet on ''Old Lady'' DOWAGER
ie, get the thing to a garage for repairs TOWIT
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Imagining dad, swimming, swallowed by a fish? BADDREAM
Is he curious about the meter? NOSEYPARKER
Is riveting in the love scenes CLINCHES
Knock up for a game NAP
Make for, showing intelligence HEAD
Petition for the old, please PRAY
Put an early stop to, in the nursery NIPINTHEBUD
Put the same in our bouquet ODOUR
Risk going through the mail: mother's out PERIL
Rudest, unfairly, to the novice making pastry STRUDEL
Said it was in the bag DECLARED
The drink that may make you sick SEA
The remedy is, play the number beforehand NOSTRUM
They show what the set price worked out at RECEIPTS
Where junk dealers go metric? SCRAPYARD
Will it ensure one's sweetheart isn't stolen? WEDLOCK