The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,462 - Dec 14 2008

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A brusque �Do take off the dog collar� GRUFF
A candidate for tailoring having a fitting SUITABLE
A girl on the line PEG
Are the horses not on song for it? FLATRACE
Are they laid out in the garden? EGGPLANTS
At one's peak, having a wonderful figure GREATFORM
Eat or keep for another occasion PUTAWAY
Food for chaps in a mess SPINACH
For a while, prune the straggly trees TRIMESTER
Free a doe, by the sound of it BUCKSHEE
Free, again, to enter, not having a partner UNPAIRED
Gather it's the fool's confession AMASS
Go for with the ball, getting a point OPT
Head of groceries accepted the cheese she returned MADGE
Household troops, at the time MENAGE
How speeches are delivered at a space convention ORALLY
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I, for, one, will probably start, dear LETTER
Incline, you say, to agree ASSENT
Left, due to intimation of danger RED
Mixture that will only make things worse COMPOUND
Not as good as a first-class A, but great SUPERB
Not as jazzy a composition SONATA
Notes the time MINUTES
Permit to overtake on the left PASSPORT
Possibly a diamond expert ACE
Readily, as you are impressed by one of the pictures LIKEASHOT
Suppositions are, from the scores, he got the ball in THEORIES
The eagle I came through with may get me a prize ERNIE
The lady in blue, standing, hurls at DASHES
They�re shutting up shop and maybe going cruising BOARDERS
Under control, takes up the garden path LEADSON
What returned tourists speak of, having lots to say SIGHTS