The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,597 - Dec 1 2001

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Clues Answers
A follower left body for Sue on board ship - just like a hero! ODYSSEUS
Becoming slower when dealing with notes RALLENTANDO
Bliss that is singularly unattainable! MARITAL
Combination of nine in the mountain by the river MIXTURE
Compass point? NEEDLE
Contemporary alcove restored COEVAL
Cushy job at home in sound environment SINECURE
Direction taken by a politician to the north of the port SOUTHAMPTON
Excellent journalist goes round most of Peru SUPERB
Exchange vehicle long time afterwards TRUCKAGE
Gold-leaf or molybdenum and lutetium ORMOLU
Got together with other company MERGED
Hitting out STRIKING
Introduction before shifting blame PREAMBLE
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It is instrumental reproducing male cob CEMBALO
Meant one's fiancé INTENDED
Miaow CATCALL
Might it go to a doctor's head in Canada? MEDICINEHAT
Out of context I left some woven material TEXTILE
Prisoner eagerly awaits this press announcement RELEASE
Problem behind the radio? SETBACK
Put into a grave situation BURIED
Regina is to come back to the dish RISOTTO
Settle comfortably in northern steel construction NESTLE
Shed unfashionable fabrication OUTBUILDING
Smelly cat Moira maltreated! AROMATIC
Statesman AMERICAN
Strike meeting IMPACT