The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,499 - Jan 2 2024

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A second amount of money editor accepted ASSUMED
Being sixteen, converted by church EXISTENCE
Belligerent cook varies eggs AGGRESSIVE
Check around river for homeless animal STRAY
Country bumpkin dialect's grasped INDIA
Elgar's first movement and a student's sentimental EMOTIONAL
Fashion article -- group cut it MAKETHEGRADE
Final spell in a lake TERMINAL
Insight from wife is initially devoid of meaning WISDOM
Insult cousin's new rabbit DISCUSSION
Lick cream BEST
Mariners might leave this tense after fighting snake ROWINGBOAT
Mixed my one Asian sauce MAYONNAISE
One cleans fish CHAR
People supporting party gift DONATION
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Perhaps 99 rodents, not first choice ICECREAM
Raise hell to find celebrity STAR
Remain agitated with large copper? MINERAL
Revolutionary's capturing female cooks CHEFS
Sailor almost certain daughter's bonkers ABSURD
Sharp-witted little mammal departs SHREWD
Ship's crew in sea cut and run STEAMER
Shy small bird ignoring last shellfish LOBSTER
Telegraph writer maybe regularly rues beer REPORTER
Trouble returning with Republican fabulist LIAR
Turkey perhaps following mongrel -- run! CROSSCOUNTRY
United Nations on average is prejudiced UNFAIR
Valiant, he wrestles sea-monster LEVIATHAN
What happens on some autumnal trees without large earwig EAVESDROP
You and I tucked in debutante's American anorak DWEEB