The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,788 - Sep 19 2005

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A fetching breed of dog RETRIEVER
A piece of chocolate roll? Not now, thanks! LATER
Activity in which people fall down before opening time SKYDIVING
Author has small cottage in the Home Counties SCRIBE
Be run out to one Far Eastern country BRUNEI
Benefit from investment is cut about a quarter DIVIDEND
Changed colour and expired, we hear DYED
Creature most dangerous when it turns tail SCORPION
Criminal gets Gill confused with ale ILLEGAL
Defence raised when things get too hot PARASOL
Determination that snail, say, is about to demonstrate ANALYSIS
Dog food dropped from the back of a lorry TAILBOARD
General means to establish latitude LEEWAY
Have a look at something that isn't actually there ENVISAGE
Not what one expects from a good writer SCRAWL
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Nouns are irregular? Nonsense! UNREASON
One employed to unpick seams? MINER
One of the Stones that rock! LOGAN
One that Midas got off the hook? GOLDFISH
One wasn't there to make such a defence ALIBI
Point of order? DIRECTION
Raffle went ahead after protracted speech DRAWLED
Recover a rifleman's cleaning equipment PULLTHROUGH
Revised rent is ideal for dwelling RESIDENTIAL
She loved Paris - not only in the spring HELEN
Show great enthusiasm for a wild party RAVE
Skilfully holding back tumult in school get-together ASSEMBLY
Sort of study carried out by bathyscope? INDEPTH
Spiked running shoes may be LACED
Spot of wet weather RAINDROP