The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,760 - Jun 4 2002

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Almost debar alliance BLOC
Baseball all-rounder HOMERUN
Bear with betting system TOTE
Cleaner item of cutlery shortly filled with meat SHAMPOO
Condition of head of Serpentine Gallery STATE
Conflict with whole sphere of operations WORLDWAR
Enter into fresh keeping RETENTION
Foreign character has a few, to get tight TAUTEN
Given enough notice to regard as an equal ADEQUATE
Go mad over new bird RAVEN
Grassland study is very dull LEADEN
How to bring in trimmer for line of shrubs HEDGEROW
I am taking good to be a force in Africa IMPI
I hurried round with demonstration of special kind of overcoat RAINPROOF
Initially, display over-tender emotion DOTE
Last month to make speech and confer award DECORATE
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Making progress with each other, with close personal links ARMINARM
Medal that may be struck GONG
Not a working port in the province ONTARIO
Not pursued, we hear, being immoral UNCHASTE
Note briefly identifying this gas NITROGEN
Originally artistic CREATIVE
Quietly, I lose pounds in casino game - there's a twist PIROUETTE
Sally for ever! FORAY
Some want executioner to use stake ANTE
Sten destroyed sniper's position NEST
Tell where pupil should be INFORM
Toiler at work made to hang about LOITER
Variety of British water-plant BREED
White folk put up after a fall SNOWMEN
Wind indicator shows front heading east VANE
Work for prisoner, who committed this crime? INSIDEJOB