The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 25,752 - Oct 20 2008

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A firm leader DIRECTOR
A sign of twins GEMINI
Badly handle patients' outing ILLTREAT
Beats up a Pole SPAR
Cause of wrongful arrest? MISAPPREHENSION
Destitute writer on river steamer PENNILESS
Father is unhappy with girl in California PASADENA
Found out, Eddy coloured DYED
Gave off bubbles, induced under electrical discharge SPARKLED
Hurriedly took flight when beaten SCRAMBLED
In which all entrants won't come up to scratch HANDICAP
Involves a silent order ENTAILS
It shows quality of petrol refined at once OCTANE
Limited in one's outlook MYOPIC
Many are to issue a challenge DARE
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N E port - part is to come down SUNDERLAND
No methods are without publicity in these times NOWADAYS
Once in the theatre, he demands his moneysworth EXACTOR
Quarter-deck cutters DIAMONDS
Ready to tackle anything but work GAME
Reckon I'm splitting the estate ESTIMATE
Refuses to step into line QUEUEJUMPS
Seen, we hear, to be lying SITED
Soft drink that doesn't begin to quench QUASH
Standard text-book for a senior lecturer READER
The sort of contest that goes on in the ring DINGDONG
Theirs are searching examinations, by all accounts AUDITORS
What peace-makers try to do is put at risk ENDANGER
Working hands use a defence raised when things get too hot SUNSHADE