The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,494 - Dec 27 2023

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Anxious TENSE
Bald HAIRLESS
Carry TOTE
Chinese river; get zany (anag.) YANGTZE
Cub's mother LIONESS
Distress AGGRIEVE
Drink rapidly DOWN
Eel-like fish LAMPREYS
Eightsome OCTET
Faint SWOON
Fire SACK
Fire escape, e.g. EMERGENCYEXIT
Frighten SCARE
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From London to New York, e.g. TRANSATLANTIC
Grasp the nettle BITETHEBULLET
Hasten RUN
Hungarian composer LISZT
Mythic Arabian bird ROC
Pick-me-up TONIC
Purchase BUY
Short play CURTAINRAISER
Sparkling wine CAVA
Special quality XFACTOR
Sponge cake with alcohol RUMBABA
Thus (Latin) SIC
Towards the source UPSTREAM