The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,247 - Dec 31 2019

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Big cat -- and what it might do? Not initially OUNCE
Carp and eels -- unusual substitutes REPLACES
Drag consultation out? No Democrat gets kudos CONGRATULATIONS
Duck's sign of hesitation about fish EIDER
Gibbons perhaps turn up tailless and sit by river COMPOSER
Gold back and large -- Liberal with first-class type of desk ROLLTOP
Hairy bug found in party by American DANGEROUS
Hearing perhaps about us quietly creates tension SUSPENSE
Ideas, however terrible, suffice at first THOUGHTS
Instructing crowd leaving hospital to call ORDERING
Long head of hair raises our charm ENAMOUR
Mixed cooler wine STIRRED
Moved along cave and dislodged diamonds ADVANCED
Obsessive about following organised routine NEUROTIC
Parcel looks somewhat ... It needs a bow! CELLO
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Pass by student, for example, and Head of English here? COLLEGE
Put an end to urge for food SCOTCHEGG
Sculptor left advice on a Rodin bust LEONARDODAVINCI
Sermon half-abandoned following drink problem TEASER
Shows trendy method of transport AIRSHIP
Shut in linen closet with no fabric around ENCLOSE
Skirts editor agrees oddly to be removed EDGES
Slug alcoholic drink PUNCH
Small fish: they're often found at sea SKIPPERS
So -- nothing's cleared off? Lazy creep! SIDLE
Tears from papa, squashed by stones SPEEDS
Unfavourable notice on poet's output ADVERSE
Watching throne -- and who sits on it? LOOKING
Where people study page penned by novelist CAMPUS
You love wriggling in sister's grip SOLVER