The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,101 - Jul 8 2003

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2 = one INDIAN
A 3-letter alphabet? Initially, yes IPA
A bed to rest on for Mum, Troy and Brian MATRIX
A composer beginning with P? No clue about this one! POULENC
A Native American ruffian in Paris APACHE
A piece of paper to press on metal SHEETIRON
An instrument for the piper's son TOMTOM
Annoying letters about armour? CHAINMAIL
Area of England, by the river, that has decayed SENILE
Boxer - Malian no man's seen ALI
Bridle? Not a bit of it! HACKAMORE
Communist referendum gets the bird REDPOLL
Derby provides a good example HORSERACE
Diners might have washed! RINSED
Finds Lear being played in Holland Friesland
Going up when clubs are closing ASCENDING
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Having doubts, calls in debt DUBIOUS
He's a fool to muck around with the SAS ASS
In French, 'vache', I ferret out HEIFER
Lessening beam at ten cycles ABATEMENT
Musketeer who left host no time to finish PORTHOS
Scared of getting stoned? PETRIFIED
Soccer and cricket at Southampton and Newhaven, maybe SPORTS
Something to wear for the dance BOLERO
Speaks to whole society UTTERS
Spelling a resort's name SPA
Superior journalist, with a feather in his cap? PLUMED
System that's complicated for us Complexus
They alter commercials - right the Queen should appear in them ADJUSTERS
Unsatisfactory collectors of alms? POORBOXES
Was it used by Alexander the Great? Pass! KHYBER
Women carrying building materials CARYATIDS