The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,797 - Jul 17 2002

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A singer's resolved to allot tasks differently REASSIGN
Blue feathers DOWN
Change one's hairpiece SWITCH
Chemical compound I'd found in saltpetre NITRIDE
Commissions also accepted by partners MANDATES
Decorative coat acquired for me in back street ENAMEL
Dispatched to arrest a self-satisfied sage SAPIENT
Funereal music played in late spring DEADMARCH
Go to and fro PEP
He's in service as a lieder singer AIRMAN
In commercial upturn many flourish BLOOM
Indebted ambassador is demoted RELEGATED
It features in many American dishes YAM
Many a racing venue has charm MASCOT
Not in form to top the list OUTCLASS
Prepare to shoot to steal object TAKEAIM
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Priest gets son into school in Lancashire PRESTON
Protest by Pole? The devil it is! DEMON
Recently RAF officer returned behind schedule OFLATE
Refused to be dropped off DECLINED
Retire to quarter in Italian city TURNIN
She wants headgear and neckwear HATTIE
Succeed in the repair business? MAKEGOOD
They object to an introit ANTHEM
Uncompromising Sikh leader has bad luck HARDLINES
Use an easel and begin again RESTART
Used hole in the wall when strapped PRESSEDFORMONEY
Vessel with second-rate gear BRIG
Vitamin for slender-framed Parisian friend THIAMIN
Where pears lie in orderly array, perhaps ESPALIER
Winning it means he's a huge hit GRANDSLAM