The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,214 - Nov 30 2003

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A clean-cut bunch, sir LANCELOT
As an obvious ruse, playing music OVERTURES
Did she take the twit in with a trumped-up story? LASSIE
Get spirit into, or a new purpose AROUSE
Good gracious! A weapon found in the river DEARME
Have a game with the pointer - a pet TIPCAT
Held up to show 'American' marked on the outside SUSTAINED
If his slating is bad, the house will suffer CRITIC
In return, look for support KEEP
Is for turning in the money, being wise PROFOUND
Little creatures, many with a bone deficiency CRICKETS
Look up to see the time on entering HONOUR
Lovers of birds, myself among them SWAINS
Mad for knock-out return NUTS
Manages to start and sets off GETSGOING
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Merely going round gym without hiding OPENLY
Party hard to get into? Rubbish! THRASH
Perhaps a gin drink is what you need for that sore arm SLING
Pulls in, having had a near crash at the bend EARNS
Rub out 'shines,' changing to 'polishes' BURNISHES
Showing craft, he ensures the dealer won't cheat CUTTER
Shrink from incarcerating the little beauty DIMINISH
Shut up and vamoosed BOLTED
Start, for example, in a waste receptacle BEGIN
Stay away from a completely empty space AVOID
Thrusts in carelessly and it jams STICKS
Tip from someone very unreliable HEEL
To produce a sensational cover, given about half an hour LURID
Told stories to music LIED
Withdraw 'About to go back' - it's not true BOGUS