The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 27,941 - Oct 24 2015

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A female Wimbledon champion once ASHE
Aliens enter telling me to get knotted LITTLEGREENMEN
Award for end-of-year speech DECORATION
Ban expert writer PROSCRIBE
Chased snipers having blown hole in the wall CASHDISPENSER
Failing to start sleeping, being clumsy LUMBERING
Fool told to join up KNIT
Grand works using Oriental images EPICS
High-spirited girl almost reaching US city means to gamble TOMBOLA
I put on a show with one Italian character entertaining president IMPRESARIO
Indian mystic travelled through water to reach island SWAMI
It can put out article about Queen? On the contrary ETHER
Like some verse, say, Alice gets excited about ELEGIAC
Match perhaps for attacking footballer STRIKER
Murphy gets Northern Irish party's backing SPUD
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Old rogue on TV's energy to write COMPOSE
Ordinary writer, quite accessible OPEN
Plant from south facing border SEDGE
Police barrier catches a bold criminal in possession of precious stone ROADBLOCK
Rare ombu tree initially cultivated here? ARBORETUM
Reliable policeman prospered keeping clear of drink COPPERBOTTOMED
Report on one late old item OBIT
Road material, a tar spread round both ends of path ASPHALT
Short article shows team meeting lawyers SIDEBAR
Some fishing equipment catching trout finally, a hard problem STINKER
Special forces -- hard band SASH
Support son beset by one running out of control BOLSTER
Trade no longer carried out in conurbation GREATERLONDON
Vice of heartless Lothario SLOTH
Went out with American lawyer then Irish priest DATED