The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,493 - Jul 19 2009

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A doctor's letters, perhaps, about one bug APHID
A wife in one African country or another MALAWI
Adman whose work is highly regarded SKYWRITER
Advance that nobody else can achieve SELFIMPROVEMENT
Bland in-house article VANILLA
Breaking end of pot, a kind of porcelain TAMING
Deception or heartless lie, in a sense SLEIGHT
Gem of a girl embracing good sport RUGBY
Good example of European fashion included in list ROLEMODEL
Head off rabbit or hare's companion HATTER
It's not altogether evident if you are empathetic IDENTIFY
Junior minister involved in trade, a Conservative DEACON
Men engaged in monetary arrangements omitting first name FIANCES
Money a head cuts for kind of lecture TEACHIN
Mother goes in to cultivate old fruit TOMATILLO
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No fast food for French gourmet ESCARGOT
Not welcoming American poet unknown here FROSTY
Odd parts of life poorly presented here? Rubbish LANDFILL
One of the things known by expert about religious belief OPINION
Person leaving cricket match at Oval before end of over TESTATOR
Place that's hot, associated with our home HEARTH
Position of responsibility prophet's accepting time and time again HOTSEAT
Scientist of note pictured with Queen DARWIN
Some Irish sailors needed to get into port CORKSCREW
Starving birds seen around old university RAVENOUS
This kind of competition 'asn't 'ealthy effect on people ARMSRACE
Turn up in a first part of press conference, for example APPEAR
Unusually brittle old book LIBRETTO
With piano, is including pieces for playing without compassion PITILESS