The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,835 - Aug 30 2002

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A knockout in the theatre! ANAESTHETIC
A rhetorical device, to put it mildly EUPHEMISM
An American lawman without charm maybe - and money DRACHMA
Appearing in a tattered singlet is ingenuous in the extreme NAIVEST
As the result of a bill, the man's suffering ACHES
Being persuasive and firm, making cuts COAXING
Builders can idle in this country ICELAND
Clearly stated to be jointed ARTICULATED
Drawers needed for board-games Draughtsmen
Follow many a precept laid down DOGMA
For the woman wanting secure locks HAIRPIN
Hint returning before autumn would present unexpected difficulty PITFALL
Join together to get about in a Mediterranean island ACCRETE
Little things to put in a piece of writing ATOMS
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Main plant source of alginates SEAWEED
Making inept pass, gets most irascible SNAPPIEST
Object: to make a tiresome person admit corruption PROTEST
Offering no horse over a certain figure NONAGON
Old poetry among the crassest in all respects SESTINA
Passage about a coin that's no longer legal tender DUCAT
Plans changes in most lowly form of life Mossplant
Sailor taking drink around on 'The Sea-ear' ABALONE
Show bad spirit - complain about a good man DEMONSTRATE
Sound visitor, so it's thought GUESSED
Stretchy lace - it's woven in a new way ELASTIC
The pundit's urge to be in front EGGHEAD
Willing to investigate at one point TESTATE
Work out route, then get to it THEREUNTO