The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 27,981 - Dec 10 2015

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Allure left French love after midnight GLAMOUR
Band Queen in rise GROUP
Beggar you heard is wrapped in Telegraph? PAUPER
Chains break cut by file RESTRAINT
Chinese characters, say, creating a grid some decrypted IDEOGRAMS
Fat detective's gripped by a role ADIPOSE
Finding time's flying TRACING
Fish held on board ship SHADS
Flamboyant men turning over palm ROCOCO
Fly in bridge partners for a bit SMIDGEN
Fruit variety with very big exterior ORANGES
Giant iguanas covering island ANTIGUA
He painted swine with deceit, ending with hospital HOGARTH
Head express keeping in charge of train DOMESTICATE
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Light seen from church on mountain TORCH
Means being enclosed in endless barrier WHEREWITHAL
Natural gold and silver turned almost delicate ORGANIC
Pebbles unbroken round end of beach SHINGLE
Pirouette gradually losing core speed GYRATE
Shaping metal around vase with top of gold TURNING
Sheer pants aren't fashionable to have run in TRANSPARENT
Sovereign consumed by temper, originally EMPEROR
Thought about love, inhibited about sex COGITATED
Trouble on Navy's decks ADORNS
Try and goal always, we hear, follows ENDEAVOUR
Undecided purchasing endlessly expensive hat TRICORN
Unusually spine's erect showing determination PERSISTENCE
What's actually gained earning salary initially WAGES