The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,271 - Jan 2 2005

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Clues Answers
A large number? Not exactly! UMPTEEN
A place where bargains are sold will humiliate us ABASEMENT
Almost all a soccer side{cm}the Academicals{cm}pull muscles TENDONS
Bit of a Gecko, a lamb, and a bear KOALA
Dickens' boy marries Austen girl in the afternoon PIPEMMA
Doesn't go abroad when corsets are fashionable! STAYSIN
Downfall of wayward aunt in Rio RUINATION
Foreign art displaying animals in the leaves! ORIGAMI
Horse that's a member of the swine family TROTTER
Informs holy man he's upset the boxes TEACHESTS
It's black and brown, with silver top and check patterns TARTANS
It's cooked on the carpet! ROASTED
It's long period of time to the end of Jan. YEARN
Less gin drunk by those with no spouse to go home to SINGLES
Nicked a gun after successful shoot-out, perhaps NOTCHED
Old letter in the attic found at last OMEGA
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Said to be whole basis of Texan prosperity? OILWELL
Shade too much spending by Monarch? ROYALBLUE
Sides of a house? They're parts of local sports club HOMETEAMS
Some lissome athletes in Ireland MEATH
Stars in badly done drama ANDROMEDA
The turnover of a dress factory? PLEAT
The waste of wine in Derby capital and Yorks city LEEDS
They provide food from cow pats, for instance DAIRIES
Tired of being punished WHACKED
Tom shed evil ways METHODS
Unruly barnies among Jugoslavs SERBIAN
Use stew or another preparation for oily skin on the head SOUWESTER
Variety of Eglantine that isn't cultivated INELEGANT
Wasn't present to make such a plea to the court! ALIBI
Woman who found husband nutty by morning MADAM
Your streetclothes are threadbare WORNOUT