The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,163 - Dec 8 2002

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A huge carriage - and can it shift! GIGANTIC
After he retires, complain about BEHIND
Again tell me to retreat into cover REMIND
Attacks, or sets about, rounding on STONES
Awful mishap the silly ass tried desperately to conceal DISASTER
Back, alas, in the red: I am earning SALARIED
Crack about a handout that's suggestive REDOLENT
Daybreak's when one goes off to sleep DRIFTS
Do the same and take a keen interest in the case FOLLOWSUIT
Doesn't allow to see carving the figurehead VETOES
Drove off at lunchtime, having tired oneself out OVERDONE
Excitement there is when the rainmaker's spell works? SPLASH
Expects, when one views on behalf of LOOKSFOR
Half the rhapsody played on a string instrument HARP
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How drinks won't be served in a mess? NEAT
Keep hanging around Latin class CASTLE
Knot the other string inside to this HERETO
MC for the army HOST
Not any odder than 'Habituated to' NOSTRANGER
Only at one point hint at SIMPLY
Perfect English, it's not! POLISH
Stop, to this day, at the kiosk STANDSTILL
There may not be a word when it's been resorted to ERASER
They manage, when one puts about, to tie up STEWARDS
Walks off with and walks very quietly STEALS
Wear well, after all LAST
Why you jumped out of bed thinking it was morning? FALSEALARM
Wood, pater, is out. Won't meet safety regulations FIRETRAP