The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 25,614 - May 12 2008

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A widespread current issue DELTA
About time to adjust the height indicator ALTIMETER
Assortment of cigars there's to be found in every tobacconist's shop CASHREGISTER
Assume the captaincy and do some bowling TAKEOVER
Bill free of bitterness? ACRID
Edge hoop in iron FRINGE
Encouraging applause? CHEERING
Fear of finishing last by mistake TERROR
Fields of activity of all round significance SPHERES
Force opposed by the fateful few in struggle,lacking equipment initially LUFTWAFFE
Games around pub get backing - one game in particular TENNIS
Has an inherent desire for animals HYENAS
Holds a candle to matches COMPARES
Improvement seen in Scripture class REFORM
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Irons cuffs SHACKLES
Judge accepts story in mitigation RELIEF
Labour candidature fails to get a seat LEFTSTANDING
Make oneself useful and satisfy the wife HELPMEET
Manage without an intermediary DIRECT
Marx's fashionable circle CHICO
One way of saying one doesn't like it? AVERSION
Rhine is involved with long Wagner opera LOHENGRIN
Smoke and produce an angry reaction INCENSE
Soldier employed by the navy MANOFWAR
Some music for a three-piece combination? SUITE
The others survive a communist uprising REMAINDER
They may give me a lord's estates EARLDOMS
Workers will make a bee-line for it APIARY