The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,087 - Nov 16 2009

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A bad start for one King of Mercia OFFA
A cloister is more confined without it CLOSER
A rou� in a bad mood gets the bird PARAKEET
A shy male sort of dog SEALYHAM
Agitatedly anticipate bill coming in will cripple one INCAPACITATE
An image I'd behold in retrospect IDOL
Country putting physical education before sport PERU
Dines in style at smart restaurants EATS
Dispose of in haste DISPATCH
Far better than other door-to-door salesmen? STREETSAHEAD
Feeling love in little ways PATHOS
Female cotton spinner JENNY
Fire an employee for drinking, perhaps SACK
Haphazard arrangement of right and order RANDOM
He's far out once more AFRESH
How one danced when not quite sober REELED
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Hunts -- with seeming success MEETS
Just nothing left in New York ONLY
Manoeuvring of the bankers or philanderers may produce them BROKENHEARTS
Mild expletive used to replace an unprintable one DASH
Nominally involved in a court case CITED
Outstanding poem that's recited OWED
Sad pair, having erred, originally evicted here PARADISE
Said to be celebrated OBSERVED
Sailor turned to crime, is seen in the dock BASIN
Scores a goal, gaining England's final point LANDSEND
Service providing overhead savings for those in deep water AIRSEARESCUE
Stopped and prepared a plan DREWUP
Such a threat is hardly barefaced VEILED
Support by arms or threaten by them HOLDUP
The principle of no credit DOCTRINE
Wealth of much loved person TREASURE