The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,863 - Dec 15 2005

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A device for lifting one trapped by the crowd HOIST
A minor actor to court and take out EXTRACT
A shot in the dark causing wound STAB
At the end of the day, tabloid's depressed SUNDOWN
Clip youngster crossing river TROT
Common Latin types left GENERAL
Fielder disappearing from view? VANISHINGPOINT
Got up to find top of stove covered in egg ROSE
Guaranteed to be definitely in the final ENSURED
Hard knock for a follower with depression BLOW
Joins in practice in case of foreigners FUSES
Lesson taught by end of term exam MORAL
Located when asleep? BASED
Mad artist made an offer RABID
Manage to find work in church COPE
Most of the way to an overwhelming victory ROUT
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One hunted for a short while? FUGITIVE
One thus excludes lines under pressure ISOBARS
Quietly speak in support of exercises and thus give encouragement? PEPTALK
Royal family study form, dismissing outsiders TUDOR
Simple machine for trapping this flipping creature CAMEL
Some banks are emptying theatres! Clearinghouses
Sweeping reforms from the house bound? SPRINGCLEANING
Take the lead from the beginning, but tail off STAR
Teacher with key for old address SIRE
The compiler - fool to catch the French disease! MEASLES
The sort of person who might put Iran in trouble PURITAN
Too fond of sage? LIKEWISE
We hear when to select the lavender ASPIC
Where ironing is an education? Eveningclasses
Worn out by broken pride, etc DECREPIT
Worried about aid? Get at its distribution AGITATED