The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,940 - Mar 15 2006

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A letter I composed is wordy LITERATE
Among Tories, it's justified INTHERIGHT
Beat and bash THRASH
Defer to old Ottoman governor OBEY
Female unable to move when frozen FRIGID
Fights for left-overs SCRAPS
Go wild when allowed to pilot plane LETFLY
Home possessed by man that is government spokesman MINISTER
It doesn't matter if verb is intransitive NOOBJECT
Lose one's footing fetching jumper SLIPOVER
Made a monk tidy PUTINORDER
Nectar-induced stupor TRANCE
Offer to put on plaster RENDER
Orders issued with unusual discretion Directions
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Ousted salesman with spiked drink REPLACED
Positively rude about Spain's inclusion SURELY
Priest always in action must be paid DEFRAYED
Prime time to make hay, they say HEYDAY
Ranted wildly, like a zealot ARDENT
Reflective airmen seen as provident FARSIGHTED
Snub some who malign or execrate IGNORE
Start to cause explosions SETOFF
Tarry rope STAY
Time to outlaw such a ski-lift TBAR
To boycott diamonds could cause one's downfall BLACKICE
Up-market transport TRAM
Vain, despite one's lack of footwear BOOTLESS
Vent-hole in French museum LOUVRE