The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,822 - Mar 24 2012

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A spring swarm ABOUND
Colin, a GI, corrected one with sound reasoning LOGICIAN
Do ration ingredients for cooking TANDOORI
Drop rent TEAR
Expecting the best work, time being short is initially tough in charge OPTIMISTIC
Falls back in with commander and artist NIAGARA
Government department rebuilt at Surrey TREASURY
Lady allowed to go round public house for something to read PAMPHLET
Latticework that is seen in restrung pearls ESPALIER
Lift across the Atlantic ELEVATOR
Local leader finds gold after 31 days MAYOR
Magical quality that's captured by astronaut in vacuum? STARDUST
Man sounds promising ISLE
March round island in state of bliss PARADISE
Music and reels creating metallic element SCANDIUM
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Number requiring equipment -- King put out feeler TENTACLE
One sharing top billing starts to irritate customers around country COSTARICA
Pair hold strong affection for bird PLOVER
Ranting about embracing independent education TRAINING
Ride for a fall? TRIP
Seed found in inlet, sprouting beside lake LENTIL
Servant partly makes up a geisha PAGE
Sex act thrown in for criminal MALEFACTOR
Spell above a weight is shown in figure HEXAGRAM
Superior and I may be taken in by Spanish man SENIOR
Taking part in film attack ONSET
Tchaikovsky's sweetie? SUGARPLUM
Where a Victorian could stay dry? TEMPERANCEHOTEL
Without delay I'm going to arbitrate MEDIATE