The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,106 - Dec 8 2009

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'Sun' with dire spread guaranteed INSURED
A grave procedure? INTERMENT
Absolute prat swallowed shake AGITATE
Animal meat almost tough HAMSTER
Cancel dates with sweetheart ERASE
Catch girl with nothing on! LASSO
Chinese text takes time, getting impatient ITCHING
Egg plants? OVARIES
Fancy one finding silver in lode IMAGINE
Good company's over abundant COPIOUS
Haggard woman lived on moonshine SHEBEEN
Heroin rather leads to addiction HABIT
It's a crime breaking ceasefire ARMISTICE
Middle Eastern motive for serious offence TREASON
Offensive weapon left in battle on board CHARMLESS
Old moneybags rues cost, endlessly seething CROESUS
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Others deluge Tory leader for control RESTRAINT
Prune unruly thorns holding end of knife SHORTEN
Reshaping formal yew shrub MAYFLOWER
Sallow old man on street, young initially PASTY
Severe rash DESPERATE
Socialist deal, perhaps, for Conservative politician REDWOOD
Soldier on exercise, about to get cut off PERSEVERE
Starts to roughly apply sand paper, say RASPS
Step on it?! RISER
They're smug swines, right, admitted PRIGS
Thug turns on tough youth BOYHOOD
Type that is wearing glasses SPECIES
Using baby talk, my foot! TOOTSIE
Vegan Jamaican taking marijuana GANJA
View from the flats? SCENERY
What's the point of a quarrel? ARROWHEAD