The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,727 - Apr 26 2002

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A need or requirement for school ROEDEAN
A player's shaky performance TREMOLO
A priest distributed certain cash PIASTRE
A sound opener to admire ADORE
Against going in alone to work out SOLVE
Beautiful stone resulting from a laboratory bloomer ALABASTER
Behind a measure albeit with some hesitation AFTER
Boring man taking on financial commitments TEDIOUS
Bringing down this high-flier brought trouble in the main ALBATROSS
Caused by two people singing a round DUETO
Contort the face, appalling one GRIMACE
Daring to inflame a group of conservationists GALLANT
Everyone inside joined and corresponded TALLIED
Exact what one is entitled to? RIGHT
Get thin perhaps - and get more tense TIGHTEN
Got less to draw on before the beginning of December TAPERED
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He stops at break very speedily! POSTHASTE
Instil respect in children for such plants SEAWEED
It's about time to correct the letters RESPELL
Lines a boy up to bring the water RYDAL
Little page wanting second dish of food PLATTER
Mad, but agrees to offer a sweetener BEETSUGAR
Puts in order for benches SETTLES
Some of the very poor risk growing such a root ORRIS
Standing out for rise maybe - >smart, that! RESISTING
Takes up a questionable position? POSES
The swine with a club for a chunk of metal PIGIRON
They give directions by the way ROADSIGNS
This would always run to time SANDGLASS
Three notes read out and put down DEGRADE
Turn to the woman's way as an alternative OTHERWISE
Without any aim to make it permanent ENDLESS