The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,142 - Aug 29 2019

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... damages planet MARS
... design's modified round bottom of Dior clothing DRESSING
Bother single Romeo having sex in allotment IRRITATION
Break lag facing bird inside deserted Thameside CONTRAVENE
Brief answer to secure the capital ATHENS
Brood makes cat sounds, audibly MUSE
Coordination can start to go around motorway TIMING
Deal catches current by North Sea? SALINE
Deftest providing laces in knots occasionally NIFTIEST
Evacuation of shower during day time ... DRAINAGE
From armchair one declines to be pressed IRONED
Harsh routine in research facility set up BRUTAL
Head of martin seen on ailing plant MILL
Just close to missing sweetheart bottling argument NARROWLY
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Official chap on bottle endlessly MANDARIN
Old face finally wrinkles up SENILE
Old Queen title, not empty decoration ORNAMENT
Shield grasped protecting cavalier's flanks SCREEN
Shout stifling a scream for Ben-Hur? CHARIOTEER
Sound of youngster lingered STERLING
Starts to decline in popularity, say DIPS
Stick end of stick in waste pipe SKEWER
Stick plug in this place ADHERE
Style of European say, in cut ... ELEGANCE
This compiler's style mostly regarded as extravagant IMMODERATE
Took home listener backing study EARNED
Undaunted, the woman's in charge, taking over HEROIC
Yorkshire person's finally mean! INTEND