The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,784 - Sep 14 2005

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Absent-minded dunderhead is characteristic DISTRAIT
Angered by ban on man's bike CROSSBAR
Appeal to recycle paper in church PULPIT
Before day's end, remove feathers from game PLUCKY
Beverage and leaf salad at four? GREENTEA
Criminal bosses love to appear in hats CAPOS
Dire pong from small fish STENCH
Discover it's an anagram of 2 ASCERTAIN
Don't take in article - I've got a gift DONATIVE
Farewell to Japan SAYONARA
Former East German police said to want transport ECSTASY
He puts off getting a hanger? SUSPENDER
Headdress from Croatia rarely seen today TIARA
Her plans involved gathering shells SHRAPNEL
I'd rejected one girl and another DIANNE
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Make further changes to item about poor diet REEDIT
Malign nun touring Ulster SINISTER
Maybe they're private, but non-territorial Regularsoldiers
New entrant is not here to stay TRANSIENT
New priest displays liveliness ESPRIT
Poet Laureate relaxed and happy PLEASED
Proposed to get on, despite being exploited PUTUPON
Sadly, a monarch returned in state ALASKA
Separatist uses Cartesian co-ordinates SECTARIAN
Steals and enters credit-card number SWIPES
Stretch of river with submerged vessels EXPANSE
Throw too far because it's dark OVERCAST
Top Twenty people targeted HITLIST
Tree one trimmed initially to make aa weapon BAYONET