The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,929 - Jul 27 2012

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Clues Answers
A king as head of one state or another ARKANSAS
Amuse nurse ENTERTAIN
An explosive device outside home area -- left feet away -- awful! ABOMINABLE
Attribute of disloyal type nicking gold TRAIT
Charitable effort that would patch over the hurt? BANDAID
Complained, watercourse having flooded part of garden BLEATED
Cross-dresser's instrument VIOLA
Currently at the wicket lacking any chance of victory NOWIN
Dance music with bassoon played by Virginia BOSSANOVA
Fellow in charge not keeping a cool head MANIC
Go mad, rolling over STAB
Having considered everything, grilled lean bacon ONBALANCE
Herb is no fool SAGE
Length of cord in rubbish blocking entrance GAROTTE
Little boy given a toss into the air is 5 TOMBOLA
Mischievous types clothed in steel vests ELVES
Clues Answers
No amateur hoarder -- one who is committed PROMISER
Old lovers -- they may be associated with financial claims EXES
Pipe's narrowest part it sounds like WASTE
Sailor in journey coming to northern country GABON
Showing courtesy to lady and ill-will to worker? GALLANT
Simoon blew wildly -- this transport's not really for the desert! SNOWMOBILE
Something formally binding BLACKTIE
Spray -- bet it could come from water container BAPTISTERY
Student comes with poem -- a bit of a nerve INTERNODE
Subject dull and hard -- son comes last MATHS
Unknown character, to some extent eccentric ZANY
Upper-class learner beginning to bash into jolly tree MULBERRY
Water animal gets stuck in clay regularly -- a chancy business LOTTERY
What would have two wheels with two radiuses wobbling? BONESHAKER
Wild animal -- only a tiger, we hear? MEERKAT
You will meet Hindu god in Jewish school YESHIVA