The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 25,174 - Dec 13 2006

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A smoker he is a reformed snob SHOEMAKER
Admonished education reform CAUTIONED
Bombard with seasoning PEPPER
Bush be still for massage SHRUB
Courage to take tea in repast METAL
Cry out for a round of drinks SHOUT
Do wait and help SERVE
Dogs on hunts for badgers HOUNDS
Dress up first in compulsion DURESS
Drink that's finally convenient SHANDY
Exclamation of disdain over loop the loop POOHPOOH
Friend, come detail father COMPADRE
Fruit imported from the Argentine TANGERINE
Hill climber took spin ROTATE
Hold the fort! KEEP
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I am in a class of Latin brilliance GENIUS
It goes on ahead of the queen in a flutter BERET
It is used to make a pasty with last of flour PASTRY
Keep on complaining about pills starting flu GRIPPE
Kind of grouse flying round mid Kent GENEROUS
Local argument for ancient burial mound BARROW
Mother and child after fruit DAMSON
Pen-pals stretch for food PORRIDGE
Retreat of a violinist BOWER
Still a bird of paradise by back garden EVEN
Strong wind drops round son of Typhoeus TYPHON
The craft of a saboteur DESTROYER
The game doesn't half smell PONG
To enter up first class return to paradise UTOPIA
Trousers pockets! BAGS