The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,457 - Jan 24 2011

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A child among children, though mature SEASONED
A staged production ASSEMBLYLINE
Allow to escape the cross-Channel swell LETOFF
Ardent, he may be following a cause ADHERENT
Chelsea's opener precedes painful play in important match CUPFINAL
Daisy enters city from the West EASTERLY
Deny a key's been stupidly mislaid outside DISCLAIM
Drinks up on board SUPS
Drop in rent TEAR
Enthusiast on trip to see erotic performance FANDANCE
Fleet vehicle returning at end of day NAVY
Hail enters two points in part of roof EAVES
Half turn next to church and the sound of bells CHIMES
In retreat a holy man leads king and emperor TSAR
Indoor transport ENTRANCE
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New form of travel in space INTERVAL
Number of the French in uniform ELEVEN
Obtaining reason for absence, ticks one off SICKNOTE
Pushed the boat out in Paris? LEFTBANK
Returns from work EARNEDINCOME
Small child to go out of control SKID
Small number turned up at church in the past ONCE
Speak at tedious length? Exactly BANGON
Sweetheart long gone LOVER
The key to a US university education? YALE
The last word in steam engines AMEN
Union gets everybody a nice settlement ALLIANCE
Where barristers practise drinking? ATTHEBAR
Yet this could be just one word -- life LONGSENTENCE
Yet three sevens turn out to be around fifty NEVERTHELESS