The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,329 - Aug 26 2010

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A wine - what could be nastier? RETSINA
Bewildered as rich mum makes personal appeal CHARISMA
Bird, unfamiliar sort I check on OSTRICH
Chap leaves fruit MANGOES
Coat, we hear, and short jacket, taken to joint in part of London HYDEPARKCORNER
Come back on short rein RECUR
Comedians in a laundry her lad runs LAURELANDHARDY
First-rate golfer turned back in passageway AISLE
Game fish associated with East River SNOOKER
Greek hero, as such, is leading American PERSEUS
Help a worker after loan LENDAHAND
Highly-strung wife one embarrassed WIRED
Huge deficit in fuel COLOSSAL
Line by Italian, earl translated word for word LITERAL
Manage to obtain pass COMEBY
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Motto on one side of court LEGEND
Pebbles one's found crossing end of beach SHINGLE
Peculiar red and orange instrument REEDORGAN
Reflective attitude adopted by a Greek author? AESOP
Relaxed with drop of Scotch, last from bottle, after a meal ATEASE
River trade essay dismissed INDUS
Sorceress left out of loop CIRCE
Spiritual place, a stimulant PLATONIC
Start to shout, to encourage one performing in the theatre SURGEON
Stories about precipitation in French region LORRAINE
Sweet centre BULLSEYE
Take roast out immediately ATASTROKE
Under trade-union ban, see where accidents often occur BLACKSPOT
We British following horse and trap COBWEB
Won back Reading East, unexpectedly REGAINED