The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,103 - Dec 4 2009

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A very small insect on ground by house, lacking tail and not boringly normal? AVANTGARDE
Cafeteria is hit BUFFET
Call promises of payback 'suspect' DUBIOUS
Cheese omelette finally produced by mother EDAM
Cooked meat served in special basket, note TBONESTEAK
Do away with expertise, not requiring leader KILL
Duty of American soldier seen in retrospect in sacrifice OBLIGATION
Fair sited in an area of flat land ONTHELEVEL
Fights for morsels of food SCRAPS
Garment right for concealing British criminal ROBBER
Get into all-night dancing somewhere in London NOTTINGHILLGATE
Glamour brought by Catholic to Church of England ROMANCE
Grand vessel with a green colour SUBLIME
Important contest -- journalist turns up with drink DECIDER
Long underwear to be cut short PANT
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Medical practitioner, quietly I stop hysteria spreading around hospital PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Mistreated a pony -- girth is shrinking ATROPHYING
Monkey showing fatigue, not getting round LANGUR
Old rodent seen around plant TARO
Outlandish description of Humpty after accident OFFTHEWALL
Pin in end of frock picked by seamstress? SKEWER
Priest not awfully good kicking up a fuss? PROTESTING
Problem with erstwhile commentator John on the radio SNAG
Sketch makes mother pull a face MAPOUT
Small bird, one in shrub in US TITI
Soil say turning to mire after start of September SMUDGE
Tenor with good sense of music! TEAR
The anger when cleaner breaks this piece of apparatus THERMOPILE
Whisper when saint breaks law RUSTLE
Win a vase, from what they say EARN