The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 24,566 - Jan 3 2005

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A dog trial produces a champion GLADIATOR
A friendly drink? CORDIAL
A right to be different from others ALIEN
Aid flier in trouble to find place to land AIRFIELD
Assistant supplies the odd idea AIDE
Big name appears nightly STAR
Champion desert scenery BACKDROP
Cheapest travel is always in a coach STEERAGE
Companies supply wood and paper for publication FIRMS
Excessive bureaucracy tapered out REDTAPE
Fish stall disturbance SEATROUT
Found note in packing case CREATE
Insignificant and minute SMALLTIME
It's calamitous when soldiers fall into the river FATAL
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Jack has a way with him in foreign parts ABROAD
Joint study produces scope for expansion ELBOWROOM
Makes a striking contribution to the conversation? CHIMESIN
No variety in the numbers crawling ALLFOURS
Notice a gap coming ADVENT
Order to start shooting in battle ACTION
Refreshing reception WELCOME
Robed and venerable monk shuffled the deck BEDECKED
Sphere of the dance? BALL
Strange evils and disguises VEILS
Sweet music? ROCK
They are articulate in personal columns VERTEBRAE
Unnecessary warning to a caretaker? CAUTION
What the driver needs above all is to be sober TEETOTAL