The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 27,997 - Dec 30 2015

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A French flirt has no time for worry UNEASE
A match official in Wellington? Definitely not! BAREFOOT
Activity for lovers of royal house transport COURTSHIP
Affair gives rise to trouble with one lad LIAISON
Anger during school tests for such literary compositions SATIRES
Boys must cross island and river, seeing landowners LAIRDS
Burn carpet? ROAST
Businessman first to follow river Test INDUSTRIALIST
Calmed down, seeing volunteers back in situ before start of day PLACATED
Deceptive addition to capital growth HAIRPIECE
Defeated by hard-wearing material WORSTED
Edict protecting a source of silicon means reduction DECREASE
Friendly spirit mainly found on a lake GENIAL
Funds set aside for wife most cunning WARCHEST
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Hesitation in a complex trial of major routes ARTERIAL
Ladybird originally found in cigar-shaped plant GARLIC
Look around Italy, regularly getting surprise STARTLE
Mineral vein containing good deposit LODGE
Nosey creatures exploit the American tax authorities TAPIRS
Overshadowed daughter's battle to get nourished DWARFED
Person in suit with temperature -- something to eat required CASSOULET
Popular opening journalist came up with INVENTED
Quiet, say, for the man playing on the green PUTTER
Respond to soldiers and behave REACT
Result of effort getting women to occupy chair SWEAT
Technologically up to date, but that setter oaf is wrong STATEOFTHEART
Typified certain changes including new article INCARNATE
Worry, seeing it in a portal AGITATE