The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,311 - Jan 15 2006

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'A friend,' you stutter, in shock APPAL
A crack angler, it is said FISSURE
A treat for those stray dogs in enclosures? POUNDCAKE
An expert on board EPICURE
Brisk and cheerful, unlike the driver? CHIPPER
Call up the fellow the head had dismissed NAME
Forceful and mettlesome, unlike the royals? REDBLOODED
Giving noisy parties, or quiet in one's lodgings SHINDIGS
Group of musicians and why they can't play tennis? NONET
Having drawn out, brandished, which is wrong UNTOWARD
Having grown up, had rebelled against RISEN
Having your head examined? MENTALTEST
I can't squeeze the article in, though it's really great TITANIC
In the net I wrapped passion fruit TANGERINE
Is all the rage, and one gets hooked by CATCHESON
Is disappointing when one lengthens LETSDOWN
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It won't run and it won't jump NONSTARTER
Last of all in the debate, demolished, complained BLEATED
Let rip RENT
Level with the tree PLANE
Mother, there's an I in 'psychosis' MANIA
Notwithstanding, tips back into the river DESPITE
Obviously happy Spanish-speaker's non-Spanish speaker has to go away GRIN
Open? Far from it! UNCLOSE
Propitiatory, preventing from firing DISARMING
Quite good, if it were a bit cleaner NOTSODUSTY
Returning in groups to get the money out, they wait STEWARDS
Row about entering facts in the manifest FREIGHT
So, capturing, round up the gems OPALS
Some delicacy you sample TASTE
What one does to get a title DEED
Won't play ball at first, having to be dragged along ONTOW