The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,609 - Dec 15 2001

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A ship taking top-grade palm ASSAI
Beach that's alive! QUICKSAND
Bird, bemoan not redhead EGRET
Comprehensive reporting after snowstorm BLANKETCOVERAGE
Drink from market in Italian capital MARTINI
Encourage, in good French surroundings, to produce sprouts BURGEON
Five little creatures stopped short on square woven fabric VELVET
How unsuccessful tightrope walker might deteriorate FALLOFF
In favour of the sentence existing now FORTHETIMEBEING
It might be needed if dart is misdirected FIRSTAID
Jack in favour of clumsy uncouth person BABOON
Let down container having small type LOWERCASE
NCO accepts eastern material CORPOREAL
New word that is right for 'noisier' ROWDIER
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Not easy to pursue this on stage? HARDACTTOFOLLOW
One business arrangement that's just right IDEAL
Person who advocates change again late REFORMER
Put in possession in New Mexico perhaps INSTATE
Put one's foot down again on the tyre RETREAD
Satisfactorily contract when strongly built WELLKNIT
Sieve used with force first on cooking surface GRIDDLE
Support gambling BACKING
Taken during the storm perhaps and disappeared without trace GONEWITHTHEWIND
Thousand leaving appalling dilemma for apple nymph Maelid
Two articles going to the North East for the goddess ATHENE
Undisturbed, taking more than half of the drug TRANQUIL
Virginia Daniels' appalling damage VANDALISE
Where in France one gets German agreement on board OUIJA