The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,312 - Jan 22 2006

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Clues Answers
'Presumptuous' is hackneyed TOOFAMILIAR
'With spirit unweakened' is pithy NEAT
A better role than most GREATERPART
A dirty word for 'squander' BLUE
A filling in a cavity DARN
And/or regrouped, is about to make hostile attacks on INROADS
Being rude to at the christening? NAMECALLING
Capital seat I'm ensconced in SOFIA
Certain to pour tea into: it's typical of INCHARACTER
Confiscate one's land and make mad? DERANGE
Cut a figure, dressed in white for the wedding? DICED
Does it shoot out from the stable? COLT
Drop when you shoot TEAR
Gold, perhaps, you put in the bank DEPOSIT
He insists on having 'erstwhile performer' EXACTOR
He'll do his best to get you well DIVINER
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Hold and look closely at a tin, shaking it CONTAIN
How much you need to see you through? ENTRANCEFEE
How quickly you ascertain both are empty? INTWOSHAKES
In a rage, pick the man up HUFF
It would be advisable to have water WELL
It's intended for the shoulders - or the head CAPE
Let go of, though among the best players, you say CEDED
Makes me think of and I'm dissolving into tears REMINDS
Only a thumbs down from the corner? NOOK
Put your name down if I'm unable to: it's important SIGNIFICANT
Reeled, as the fish tried to get away SWAM
Return immediately PROMPTREPLY
See fair play in the nursery FREESIA
Small bore, unusually, and unloaded SOBER
The usual Tom Dick or Harry, he's not NORM
What 'the dead of night' means? LATE