The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,468 - Jan 25 2009

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Clues Answers
Admires to a high degree HONOURS
Feel it should make one's burden easier to bear HANDLE
Flies off with the ganders GLANCES
Getting a little quiet, at least MINIMUM
Have the barrel drain off in and that's flat! TUNDRA
He sings a number in a funny-looking beret TREBLE
In brief, deranged by the forces of evil NUTSHELL
Insisted on talking, you say, though no parrot WOODCHAT
Irritates by being furtive for no reason NEEDLESSLY
It comes back to �Love thy father� and stuff POPLIN
It could be (a) something to read ARTICLE
It's not the wife you wish were with you! MISS
Like the arch villain? ROGUISH
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Make your escape from the thing EXIT
News travels fast FLASHES
Promise sun to them on a trip SOLEMNOATH
Prompts with the lines audibly CUES
Proved to be an evergreen and was supported by LIVEDON
Pupil's warning to the genius MASTERMIND
Ruin the toy fawn, which disintegrates in DOWNFALL
The clue for �deals� is deceptive LEADSASTRAY
The dog ruined some of the daffodils FIDO
The one and only at the inside, segregate ISOLATE
Tide turns, trapping many swimming: very dangerous DYNAMITE
Two items for the handyman, one for the lady NAILVARNISH
Used the time to get assistance SECONDHAND