The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,090 - Jun 25 2003

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A small, rustic home in Berkshire ASCOT
A very little footprint TRACE
Alarm about medical setback in treating it? PANDEMIC
Cherish a Gloucester-bound doctor FOSTER
Crook exposed by white-collar workers Clericalstaff
Dire trepidation when country is divided PARTITIONED
Game shot by popular officer INOFF
Go too far and fire too often OVERSHOOT
In Seoul, certainly, it's a running sore ULCER
Indict retired soldier in Scottish island ARRAIGN
It's for nothing, sweetheart TRUELOVE
It's good to ramble in a wood GROVE
Jack put in food to brown off fast SEAFARER
Look cheerful when given a plant EYEBRIGHT
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Made strenuous efforts, but old gnarled tree died EXERTED
Many drinks offered to fellow - he's from Yorkshire DALESMAN
Nutty biscuits CRACKERS
Pondered endlessly, despite all THOUGH
Puts on a front and is seen often in public KEEPSUP
Restriction wanted by professional trainee QUALIFICATION
SECOND PART OF 19 APPEARANCES
See him and you might see better OPTICIAN
Sound attempt by crew grouped in threes TERNATE
Tense successor belonging to others THEIR
Too sluggish to set Alec right LETHARGIC
Trance-producing heavenly drink NECTAR
Voluptuous redhead in Panama, say CARNAL
Where to apply varnish - then and there ONTHENAIL