The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 25,731 - Sep 25 2008

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A fragrance that's on the up? ASCENT
A politician on the left providing illumination LAMP
Any live acts seen in a childish way NAIVELY
Carpet salesman runs admin badly REPRIMAND
Characters who might help a bat if lost ALPHABET
Clothes company OUTFIT
Cunning lies - wins by design WILINESS
Discover London in bloom SMOKEOUT
Financial arrangements for Tales of the Riverside Bankaccounts
Former queen with answer started to lose temper ANNEAL
Girl providing cover for many soldiers MYRA
Grew rapidly in favour of long sentence merited Proliferated
Hamper politician on the right with authoritarian following CONSTRICT
Handle some rising shares in metal - up in a minute! MANIPULATE
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In speech, recognises the narrow margin of victory NOSE
Magic broomstick? WITCHCRAFT
Makes little of a respected doctor DEPRECATES
One almost expensive thought IDEA
One of the signs of a tailless insect SCORPIO
Posed before one's group got revenge? SATISFACTION
Precise value given to a small measure of uranium ACCURATE
Recoil from such a thrill KICK
Relative who's very thin - not good! AUNT
Revolutionary worker wearing beret for sleep CATNAP
Sister company admits one messenger NUNCIO
Stars' groupie outside car GEMINI
The secret of self-assurance CONFIDENCE
Where one might be coming down bare? LANDINGSTRIP