The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,220 - Nov 24 2003

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&&&&&& - food for thought here VIANDS
A lieutenant bearing one star ALTAIR
A relatively historical figure ANCESTOR
Balls hit high, right into the heavens SKIERS
Beer is found in the passage AISLE
Chap splits drinks with us - bags of them PORTMANTEAUS
Court sadly lacks a seat for the Lord Chancellor WOOLSACK
Do without and give to others DISPENSE
Entertainer is to go places when free ESCAPOLOGIST
Fit pet TANTRUM
Get out of a tight situation SOBERUP
Going to the front, place of duty for nurse ONWARD
Got out of doing something EARNED
Is it operated by the ring-finger? BELLPUSH
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It's capital as a sun resort NASSAU
Make sweet turnover to follow a spring vegetable ASPARAGUS
Not so high clouds may threaten so LOWER
Omits the signs of spring LEAVESOUT
Outsize bloomer made by Egyptian god OSIRIS
Pay scales RATES
Return to the country, the scene of the crime EXTRADITE
Runaway affairs? DRAINS
Sinuous slave dance VALSE
Support at hand for those on flight BANISTER
The smartest form of bedding MATTRESS
They're all hard cases in this family CRUSTACEA
Unnecessary to curtail one's requirements NEEDLESS
What retiring swains are incapable of making ADVANCES