The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,407 - Nov 25 2010

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'I will...' shortly, say, for Innisfree? ISLE
Beer with head providing strength STOUTNESS
Caught Romeo embracing miss, getting more intimate CLOSER
Character in commercial made up ATONED
Charge pounds for fondle FEEL
Check car tyre's opening AUDIT
Deliberate tackle's first caught by referee MEDITATE
End-of-term examinations? AUTOPSIES
European cow, perhaps, producing cheese EDAM
Eye condition leading to falls CATARACT
Flag ship crossing river STREAMER
Flat race doesn't end EVEN
For example, wild cats with nine... INSTANCE
French painter missing back of entrance INGRES
Hack off Independent with new intelligence, say INCENSE
Host, he is minded, encompasses belief THEISM
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Hot, also a little attractive HANDSOME
Mercenary let off weapon FREELANCE
Miserable one with endless cane could be vicious SADISTIC
One's slow, normally, and inordinately long initially SNAIL
Passionate hunks kept in check VEHEMENT
Power mad buccaneer PIRATE
Prospect of unbridled lap dances! LANDSCAPE
Roast's overdue on Sunday SLATE
Sailor solely after shellfish ABALONE
Scantiest minimum worn around Tyneside area LEANEST
So, sitter's spread out for artist ROSSETTI
Strict former head of Territorial Army Engineers EXTREME
Superior case of Sauvignon, a bit off SNIFFY
Throws dead remains DASHES
When fired, leave ASSENT
Writer Thomas Long penning article PAINE