The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,942 - Jan 3 2003

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A guy soaking can be more difficult to deal with STEEPER
A novice sailing man's religious centre ALTAR
A woman showing obvious dissatisfaction with a couple of points IRENE
Almost too nice to be used as a mixer TONIC
Article about tip-top stop set up from the Middle East ARABIAN
Bar even reformed characters - such a bloomer VERBENA
Check a vile tale being broadcast ALLEVIATE
Dante's great work - it could be no finer INFERNO
Foreign holy man needing cattle-grazing STRANGE
Haircut to make a heavy-weight confident TONSURE
He'll cheat the German out of a rise DUPER
Impressive dogs are in fashion GRANDIOSE
Khan in disguise raising money SERAI
Love turning up weeks before Easter loaded with cash OPULENT
Low-priced muck many make a pile from DIRTCHEAP
Not weighing very heavily on one's conscience? SCRUPLE
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Peeved over news of diversion CROSSWORD
Plan to make a medical man stern DRAFT
Pop round about a certain apprehension DREAD
Public relations advance put forward PROFFER
Put off vulgar male cleaner DETERGENT
Put out - used badly, though obliging DUTEOUS
Row following last month's failure DECLINE
Sooner appear noble? That's right! EARLIER
Taking a chance, hide in the apparatus RISKING
The boards should get the rate adjusted THEATRE
The church official wanting credit is relaxed about it SACRIST
The minister set against one form of transport VICAR
The person looking for some conversation LIPREADER
They don't believe a lot can be affected Fatalists
Vilified for seeing wickedness in an extremist REVILED
What one has to go on when out of sorts OFFCOLOUR