The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,152 - Sep 22 2002

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A desire to be with you ALONG
A dolly on a chair? SITTER
A little young to have been infected by the craze BITTEN
A strap might strengthen it REINFORCE
All is not lost. You have a horse STALLION
Are to leave round about the second EXIST
As a contender, you say, is getting there ARRIVAL
As before, I lay in drink ANISETTE
Before getting up, too ERE
Better cover CAP
By getting a rhyme for 'capricious' PERVERSE
Can afford the worst of the litter - nothing more RUNTO
Catch at the one turning; a foreigner ITALIAN
Coming with us on our travels - that's certain! INTHEBAG
Concluded, since one had been put in the shade REASONED
Gets awfully sore in a while, which is aggravating TIRESOME
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Going off about the fifty you're increasing it by ADDING
Having the animal, a lion, tied up is sensible RATIONAL
In the restaurant, are not finishing the bottle CARAFE
Made up and in a new ensemble REDRESSED
Mean, once free, not to be caught CONNOTE
Mouthing excuses, if you don't mind! PLEASE
Not cutting a figure in, but looking predatory TALON
Not even funny ODD
Pauses when he says I have gone inside HESITATES
Receive the letter spoken of SEE
Resent, unfairly, that it holds your attention INTEREST
Reveal to be a chap in a runabout UNCOVER
Settles for 'Having no head for air travel' LIGHTS
Signify, by 'home,' back to the East DENOTE
Steal a march on, to get a front seat FORESTALL
The animal captured had a tail SHADOW