The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,591 - Jun 5 2011

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Ancestry -- parent that's French and English concealing mine PEDIGREE
Anthea's make-up items ARTICLES
Brought to mind English verse pronounced acceptable EVOKED
Cause of ill feeling -- jeweller finally cutting stone GERM
Century after century knocked up, hard to score NOTCH
Collectible item bought originally for a penny POSTAGESTAMP
Crowd hoisted sailor in hat and coat BOMBERJACKET
Device used in ensemble music EMBLEM
Difficulty interrupting spiteful woman's gossip CHITCHAT
Foreign president and prime minister later installed PUTIN
Host rebuffed an agricultural worker DAIRYMAN
Hotel worker, unable to get out, started up computer BOOTSTRAPPED
Ignoring the odds, mind began producing plan IDEA
In the main, maintain one's standing on board SURF
Like beginner, one immediately succeeding, capturing pawn with queen INEXPERT
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Like tough crossword I finish in school FIENDISH
Maker of metal objects extracted from cast in smithereens TINSMITH
Making too much bread? Provide a spread OVERPAID
Non-violently hits back in row SPAT
Old-fashioned garments found in pretty knitting patterns DOUBLETS
Sage is intermediary for partners bidding for contracts WISE
Shun, once disgracefully excluded from team UNCHOSEN
Small Irish lake or swamp SLOUGH
Smashed bottle he blew -- that's unfair BELOWTHEBELT
Something revolutionary some doctors work on SPIN
Sporting contest seen in distance LEAGUE
State of great anxiety, with waters rising STEW
Term used about it produces merriment HILARITY
Ulster, for example, contrived a rare win RAINWEAR
What patient initially needing medical treatment gets? PILL