The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,930 - Mar 3 2006

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Clues Answers
A biscuit - best hard or mushy? SHORTBREAD
A miss by a whisker? CLOSESHAVE
Architect gets the bird WREN
Arguing continued before stopping CONTENDING
Bargain brings delight, no end, to ugly old dame HAGGLE
Boy needing cuddle and love HUGO
Building that has a rope attached TOWER
Bumpkin lays down burden by lake YOKEL
City in which you may see drunken man tonight NOTTINGHAM
Dope only 50% with it? HALFWIT
Former PM in barren land HEATH
Fuel, half a gallon, to get across London area GASOHOL
Fungus you found in France in tree trunks BOLETUS
Harsh landlord perhaps - English and 25 EVICTOR
I run on into club IRON
Instrument of torture provided by little Tom's bunch THUMBSCREW
Clues Answers
Kind leader goes to the end of the queue for leftovers ORTS
Love friend, providing a precious stone OPAL
Meat placed in stove always VEAL
Most of the gold used to make god THOR
No big charges in this day care centre NURSERY
One of the family ties? GRANNYKNOT
Past device for giving something a shape FORMER
Performance - former jester's last in court CONCERT
Plant providing nectar across the street HONESTY
Poor person in shelter with old books HAVENOT
Series of games has team not bad collecting Ashes trophy TOURNAMENT
Soldiers made off with OAP's parrot PARATROOPS
Unregenerate nature of lord in Arab territory OLDMAN
Very sad time with smoke going up TRAGIC
Woman denied a bed BERTH
Woman making article one way and another ANNA