The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 3,022 - Sep 22 2019

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African country ready once? GUINEA
Bad job: bone to chew on, perhaps? DOGSBREAKFAST
Batter a selection of cold foods BUFFET
Both cricket sides constantly interrupted ONOFF
Consideration, however, close to redundant THOUGHT
Doing porridge, frantically mixed up? STIRCRAZY
Dorothy's companion in dress let hair down? GOTOTOWN
Egyptian queen jogging in, fitter having run around Egypt's capital NEFERTITI
Fish, ridiculous in a dress! SARDINES
Four neighbouring characters, one entering wood -- dark entertainment FILMNOIR
Group of nine fishermen made redundant then? NONET
Hideous thing in story, most crude MONSTROSITY
Hybrid of rodent and ox, very close! NEXTDOOR
Keep mother in check REMAIN
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Maybe a bit less topping? ARTICLE
Might they take part in musical, to sing? ALTOS
Nuts, alas, mistaken for fruit SULTANAS
Old chronicler has stuff to write about, old sport MARCOPOLO
Parvenu happy before initiation UPSTART
Pianist originally covering for violinist, perhaps PLAYER
Released, fixed price about right SETFREE
Ridiculous concern for devilry FUNNYBUSINESS
Second-rate, I gathered, lack of respect on church property DESECRATION
Tongue out, eat! POLISHOFF
Turn off course over Channel for bomber, for example? WARPLANE
Umpteen barnacles on another tanker, first of all -- vessel going under UBOAT
Unfashionable affair, better OUTDO
Vile group of 144 GROSS