The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 25,181 - Dec 21 2006

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'Not out' rhymes with 'opposite' INVERSE
A place to meet class outside university FORUM
A scare perhaps for the Romans? CAESAR
Almost finding out what to do at the airrport CHECKIN
Call after meeting promising band ENGAGEMENTRING
Call dealer and get total financial protection RINGFENCE
Cheer up an Ulster friend ANIMATE
Could be a star, if up to date ABREAST
Drug that could work with one show of hesitation? OPIUM
Fed up being in charge - it's the losses! DEFICITS
Golden church in flatlands of China PORCELAIN
Heavyweight American state and Pacific island TONGA
Initial payment from bank DEPOSIT
Lends tenant car worried it's not natural TRANSCENDENTAL
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Madge almost accepted fashionable spread MARGARINE
Might one get grime off, leaving a grainy deposit? EGGTIMER
My boss on whisky, for example, becomes lively SPIRITED
Olympic chiefs taken in by Spanish snack pudding TAPIOCA
Outwardly deplore theatrical role and leave DEPART
Piece of writing - nice surprise - is English! TREATISE
Reckoned, in fact, the compiler was trapped DEEMED
Registered energy forms for new versions REMAKES
The advantages of a summer in Edinburgh? FRINGEBENEFITS
The king is greeted by his destiny! KISMET
Traps with goads causing sensation PINSANDNEEDLES
Very loud Scotsman supporting game for thugs RUFFIAN
War ends in two European victories with gusto VERVE
Where on board is his damp problem? AMIDSHIPS