The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,447 - Aug 31 2008

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A cooler blend STIR
A general, in supreme command OVERALL
A name in painting ART
Among, with a view to having a discussion INTER
As to the female bird REEVE
Barks when one won't play SCRATCHES
Dishing the dirt, is at court in the area DISTRICT
Failing, in other words, to find the traitor DEFECTOR
For the record, rising fever characterises the disease PLAGUE
Good mood the archangels are in? HIGHSPIRITS
Home at last, after the practice HABITAT
In a temper, furious about the lost map RAMPAGING
In the turbulent sea roughly an hour, it is OK AUTHORISE
It's a non-alcoholic drink, officer MATE
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Leaving on GOING
Lovely and fruity PEACHY
Reprimand for fraternising with TALKINGTO
Rot, making out blue runs and is a nuisance TROUBLE
See playing dice outside and get most authoritarian DESPOTIC
Tender, the nail point having penetrated BREAD
The best match wood around FIVESTAR
They write a lot off simultaneously MASSMURDERERS
They're responsible for a hold-up on the line Clothespegs
Traps the three silly pups TRIPSUP
Tried again and again: detest flops RETESTED
With anger, lay hands on the cockney IRE
With which to calculate when something will be cooked? READYRECKONER
Writing to the gentleman, calls by the wrong name MISTERMS