The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,350 - Sep 20 2010

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A ring that can work wonders MAGICCIRCLE
A tale of love in a decent novel ANECDOTE
Bird catcher's practical joke BOOBYTRAP
Bird dog will do it when happy WAGTAIL
Course of poems in translation EPSOM
Creating trouble working in the kitchen CATERING
Distribution coming to an end? GIVINGOUT
Eleven taken singly ONEBYONE
Enters uninvited and is turned away INTRUDES
Fish gone astray in the fisherman's basket CONGEREEL
Helps beast in distress ABETS
Is the French description of Britain ISLE
Main source of strength for a nation SEAPOWER
Major currency of China YANGTZE
Napping, the general is swallowed by snake ASLEEP
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Paid a pound for a hammer GAVEL
Press in or out IRON
Regret there's no head-start for the flier EGRET
Run away twice? Not this soldier! DESERTRAT
Said the expert to the officer -- 'It's etiquette' PROTOCOL
Small pigs with tip of noses embedded in furrows RUNTS
States differ -- so do these TASTES
Stroke in boat-race, for example HYPHEN
To break up requires courage RESOLVE
Traveller of note getting allowance MIGRANT
We hear husky is used to pull transport HORSE
What a musician should do before playing it MASTERPIECE
Where strain results in parting WEAKLINK
Winning smash volley LOVELY
Yet more get involved after midnight with this subject GEOMETRY