The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,242 - Dec 19 2003

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Clues Answers
A Gallic pair arranging to divorce? UNCOUPLE
A green mould to cause exasperation ENRAGE
A jerk after careless pal's credit card PLASTIC
A little arch framing a lamp SLIGHTLY
A person with children retains little money, that's clear APPARENT
A trying put-off REMAND
Being teetotal, when surrounded by alcoholic, is superior BETTER
Blows returned in the bar SPAR
Boxes, note, are in short supply SPARSE
Channel's second distinguished characteristic STRAIT
City making piles from hide ECLIPSE
Comprehensive, albeit unfinished THOROUGH
Give one thousand, not the lot IMPART
Guideline for colours STANDARD
Hesitated to turn in an American detective FALTERED
Increase a river enclosure DEEPEN
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It's plain stupid for a climber ALPINIST
Laments measures to include the French PLAINTS
Let off school - filling in the day DETONATE
Letters to be sorted ANAGRAMS
Many a checkup is most up-to-date LATEST
Mark requires quarters with a bed in SCRIBE
Newly-appointed director - he's not been paid CREDITOR
Obscenity that turns stomachs SMUT
Sack the young attendant with badness in him PILLAGE
Set out and took down all someone had ESTATE
Show a certain reluctance to suspend support HANGBACK
Some appear never to have heard of this composer ARNE
Start reading of course SOURCE
Tart about the novice being smoother FLATIRON
The man who's game - and jaunty with it RUPERT
The old-fashioned desire such a table LIST