The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,231 - May 4 2010

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A factor in trouble around wife, end to peace? ACTOFWAR
A negotiator on a grand scale? MOUNTAINEER
Awkward tone about female regularly OFTEN
Backing of amateur men befitting a King? ROYAL
Band leader and pianist in familiar way maybe including a lot of jargon ELLINGTON
Cause of flat needing repair? PUNCTURE
Clue? I'd none solved except puzzle's second, showing sluggishness INDOLENCE
Control nervous laughter? Not hard close to magistrate REGULATE
Dutiful page facing signs of debt PIOUS
Excellent part of tennis player's repertoire? SMASHING
Give up office plan after initial change RESIGN
Grab fragment of song SNATCH
Honour entertaining special queen with very clipped comment OBSERVE
Kelly perhaps, mainly well-off, characterising a class GENERIC
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Made a profit with some wonga in Edinburgh GAINED
Plaintive question about home WHINY
Policeman going about joint, quiet place for takeaways? CHIPSHOP
Reach a critical point and face a leading educational authority? COMETOAHEAD
Slight fan following Liverpool player endlessly REBUFF
Smart support in back of hostelry BRAINY
Source of notes and triumphant cry in time cut in room HOLEINTHEWALL
Support stirred game encounter ENCOURAGEMENT
System encountered by daughter round house METHOD
Tick popular numerical fact about Norway INSTANT
Trouble given by one of the taps? HOTWATER
US city worker invested in endless series of maps ATLANTA
Very unlike vermouth? On the contrary FARFROMIT
Wire replaced amid stop? It's integral to a flight STAIRWELL