The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,169 - Dec 13 2022

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A female, unable to walk, burning up AFLAME
Agent (ailing) secreting warrant ENTAIL
Body of water in Scotland with water-beast? Pshaw! SEALOCH
Cap annual bribe, criminal's in a dreadful state? BANANAREPUBLIC
Consumer's holiday without son EATER
Cosy pad in Newcastle street? NEST
Drawing of small boat SKETCH
E, so it would appear, is beloved SWEETHEART
Entertainer who might fall in the bath? TAPDANCER
Fancy ring given to artist CHIMERA
Fine weather for an Asian mathematician, perhaps INDIANSUMMER
Great tactic rep deployed in exercise to improve accuracy TARGETPRACTICE
Headgear seen on king, on independent island CAPRI
I clam up in strange town? MUNICIPAL
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Idle maybe, clutching rodent? Most unreliable ERRATIC
If you don't know these, you're green ROPES
Ingredient of food, or ant spray: substances having a very strong smell ODORANTS
Island's capital railway terminus! VICTORIA
Left streetwise kid finally rocking and rolling LURCHING
Let alone, getting some time off LEAVE
Mark somewhere to find half-digested food? SEMICOLON
Portals with charms? ENTRANCES
Really happy with what Thomas the Tank Engine did? CHUFFED
Reportedly choose underwear for alfresco diners! PICNICKERS
Rules chap could make assistant referee LINESMAN
Sin not recorded from the East EVIL
Snakes -- or their headless companions? ADDERS
Spots cat in A&E, playing: it's out of this world! SPACESTATION