The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,255 - Mar 23 2023

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A little chihuahua dog appears around temple PAGODA
Admitted having had debts, concealing indefinite number OWNED
Bear in pre-hibernation initially putting on weight PADDINGTON
Detective, hard on upset mum in London borough LEWISHAM
Dry hay tedder spreads across field at last DEHYDRATED
Duck out of Bond film GOLDENEYE
Expert against healthy characters eating European pastries PROFITEROLES
Forked out around two pounds for pasty PALLID
Formal letter, nineteenth one penned by physician today ultimately DRESSY
Fuel leakage when key parts crack GASESCAPE
Grasps biscuits I've put out DIGESTS
Harsh neighbourhood police officer must flee STRICT
Idea minister rued occasionally to reform brokers INTERMEDIARIES
Musical instrument underneath stairs in black box FLIGHTRECORDER
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Newspaper fine with subordinate making enormous bloomer SUNFLOWER
Note Yorkshire's opener becoming short-tempered CROTCHETY
Primate dismissing bishop perhaps as bore DRILL
Queue endlessly to get disinfectant FORMALIN
Reduce high speed CLIP
Spoke of career before golf RUNG
Stubborn Republican about to block review of Tennessee report RECALCITRANT
Subject, say, covered by story LIEGE
Terrible actor content to leave India for another country CROATIA
To some extent rising cadet is a rapacious sponger PARASITE
Type of spaniel in season, mother-to-be essentially SPRINGER
Unscrupulous male this writer's spoken about IMMORAL
Visitor is supposed to be announced GUEST
Wants daughter to meet English gentlemen possessing energy! DESIRES