The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,655 - Sep 2 2012

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Arrest idiot holding minute navigational aid COMPASS
Beat time, leading to odd childish outburst TANTRUM
British editor's page perused -- it gives blanket coverage BEDSPREAD
Characters from Greece getting together for religious work PIETA
Contribution to helping her kinsman in a bit of a pickle GHERKIN
Current article about Conservative causing irritation ITCHING
Equipment for making pictures artist found after fight occurred BOXCAMERA
Favourite line, in bold DARLING
Follow and arrest -- that's often in connection with lead DOGCOLLAR
For island, awfully alarming sight in sea DORSALFIN
For kicks, gets wound up again? RECOILS
Inspiring work in groundbreaking encounter for half the remaining contestants SEMIFINAL
Insult about European's manual dexterity SLEIGHT
It removes bits of food, also most of the cream TOOTHPICK
Kiss in cinema perturbed foreign national MEXICAN
Law they manipulated, becoming rich WEALTHY
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Leave university and long for artistic work GOUACHE
Like South America, home for many Indians ASSAM
One shuts up about energy in periods of global warming? Just the opposite ICEAGES
Opened with key held by head BEGAN
Pardon girl without comfortable residence AMNESTY
Part of thoroughfare one shouldn't drive into ROUGH
Philosophy of life only astronauts have had? WORLDVIEW
Pit worker against a goddess MINERVA
Simple and penniless guy? What he says goes SIMON
Southern part of Europe or Northern part of Asia SIBERIA
State of one kind of calf? NEWJERSEY
Strange dialect used in Kremlin, for example CITADEL
The equivalent of a mile? That's not right AMISS
Unpretentiousness of style with pen MODESTY
Vessel carrying vital stuff from Australia or Tasmania AORTA
Was inclined to get support and advanced, we hear LEANT