The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,259 - Oct 31 2016

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Article probing song on a subject a person cannot stand ANATHEMA
Beginning a letter INITIAL
Clear new translation for writer, one associated with Arabia LAWRENCE
Delays getting theatre seats STALLS
Disease of fruit, we hear, being duplicated BERIBERI
Dragged to the altar? TOWED
Easiest word that may be misspelt SIMPLEST
Former US supermarket cashier reportedly in accounts department EXCHEQUER
Frightened, I can offset accepting new pain INAPANIC
Hold and tie in knots DETAIN
I am given place at Cambridge finally, gaining credit IMPUTE
I ensure visit is arranged to places of higher education UNIVERSITIES
It brought to notice the gravity of the world's position APPLE
It's not intended for the understanding of our betters TICTAC
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Knight requires weapon -- and fortune LANCELOT
Ladies in fashion becoming models IDEALS
Lead an ox STEER
Leg bound to be broken by heavy stick BLUDGEON
Like vultures, only found in the borders of Thailand TALONED
Noughts, for example, used in rough estimates? ROUNDFIGURES
Old jokes they crack at Christmas CHESTNUTS
Records where bees live under the rainbow? ARCHIVES
So evil -- run out showing disgust REVULSION
Stuck up -- literally and metaphorically PROUD
Student losing his head who deserves what he gets EARNER
The impression one gives is false IMITATION
Undaunted, he leads or retreats in command HEROIC
Writer with good man seen inside foreign restaurant BISTRO