The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 277 - Dec 31 2009

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Apparently undecided priest's choice (6) PREFERENCE
Big noise once created by baby daughter punctuating tedium (5) BOREDOM
Commando's info leads to wager (6) GREENBERET
Concentrate politicians in part of the Dodecanese (6) COMPRESS
Controllers of our beautiful game paid price (2) FARE
Dad's up here, getting kinky kiss on evening out! (6) APRESSKI
Dock sides thus in advance (4) SORREL
Drive on edge of yucca plant (5) SPURREY
Generous duke's family (5) KINDRED
Golfer familiarly strict (4) SEVERE
Guy entertaining mass on the run, naturally? (5) STREAMY
In advance, registers soft trousers (6) PRERECORDS
In sport, amuse Blanchett (4) RECREATE
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Not a place to get divorced (2) RENO
Old resident in 550's landowner, not quite all there (7) REDSQUIRREL
Old vessel runs into familiar enemy (5) TRIREME
One in support of European republic (2) EIRE
One may be spent in US resort (4) CENTRE
Platform from up on high? (5) FORETOP
Rose above work unit in car with zip top (6) OVERGREW
Some revolution, say, across Sahara? Not half (5) DEGREES
The orderly in charge is one in the minority (5) HERETIC
Today you'll want to get them all, and tonight you'll want to make them all! (9) RESOLUTIONS
Torn books (2) RENT
We are the new and the old means by which to check conditions (8) WEATHEREYE
You'll need poisonous gas and helium to be consistent (4) COHERE