The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 0 - Dec 25 2002

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501 freshwater fish DACE
A large number kept cool and gambled DICED
Arrangement of late carrying weight in China TAEL
Busybodies are taken in by this brilliant giant ANTARES
Cheerful greeting during stocking up time HAPPY
Eleven seized by extraterrestrial? Way out! EXIT
Encouraged to listen to number by newsman HEARTENED
Enduring case PATIENT
Firing and plundering SACKING
For example, commercial minced oath EGAD
Given an official seal of approval RUBBERSTAMPED
Gruesome as taxi ploughs into horse MACABRE
Having worked gold, encouraged to be crooked DOGLEGGED
Herb given period to speak THYME
Husband supports personality creating ecological centre NATURERESERVE
I can hit fermenting wine CHIANTI
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Incite a punter to lay it ABET
Into Oriental exercise, but somewhat clumsy INEPT
Joined together but failed to make a connection FUSED
Make speech, and spit? Expect not ORATE
Needs rice for home use RESIDENCE
Old measurement for New Scotland? YARD
Old-fashioned measures taken in the barn? SQUAREDANCING
Rid Next of awful gummy mixture DEXTRIN
SECOND PART OF 1 ACROSS CHRISTMAS
She has an abbreviation for Wearside ANNE
Something afoot when sailor's taken in by drunkard SABOT
South Africa has a right to German industrial centre SAAR
Stability of farm on wild headland STEADFASTNESS
What this youngster's mother did BEARCUB
With keenness, almost get in ahead of time EAGERLY
Wooden articles made by wood producer before noon TREEN