The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,265 - Nov 21 2004

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Clues Answers
Bird and the big creature it's out to catch? OSPREY
Daybreak in a hot country SIESTA
Did the breakers tame it? SEAHORSE
Except for the L in 'balm' SALVE
Finally manage to put on weight! GETROUND
Fish with a net, silly child! TENCH
Frames the silly ass and she is incarcerated SASHES
From the sound, conclude it's not English FINNISH
Girding a plump figure, it's catastrophic FATAL
Given the job of, copied the score in APPOINTED
Having exercised, joined one inside WIELDED
Having very little time, takes the odd show in TWOSHAKES
He is going off with 'The Scotsman' SIMON
How many come back on the court? TEN
In addition I got a letter from abroad PSI
Is revealed when a mouse scuttles into the bed COMESOUT
Clues Answers
Left alone, having dropped one at the entrance PORTAL
Let us suppose you declare SAY
Like the spokesmen for the analysts ASSAYERS
Looking furiously at the fish on the boat SCOWLING
Mardi Gras rig-out fabricated in India MADRAS
Mum! A two-headed insect! A giant! MAMMOTH
Not seeing it's a great deal cheaper than SIGHTLESS
Not so inclined to be sluggish LISTLESS
One star ACE
One, let out rent-free, mess about with INTERFERE
Poem that takes many back to a place in Spain TOLEDO
Request for a record, is about to put away ENTREATY
Standing on to play proves to be the remedy NOSTRUM
Take plenty of time about entering into contracts? AGREES
The first I trap in a test ORIGINAL
This clue, for instance, is one ax ACROSS