The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,358 - Dec 10 2006

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'Seafood' is a cheat: nearly all pastry SCAMPI
A bird - the female tailless one HERON
A man with wings? ROOK
About to get the medal I put in for GOING
Break for something to eat CHIP
Damaged the paintwork when one backed out of SCRATCHED
Either bound or free SPRING
Follows the tot back in a state of panic TAILSPIN
Go by the east: a mistake ELAPSE
Goes on about an author who came to a bad end DWELLS
Held fish, in neat packs, inside CONTAINED
I do break into it, like a fool IDIOT
It's lucky there are animals to get rid of weeds HORSESHOE
Maintains one is a fan of SUPPORTS
Nearly all carelessly lost in my keeping MOSTLY
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On paper, having depreciated DOWN
Pay for something at the hardware shop SCREW
Pictures that may be seized by the police STILLS
Plot to strike that creates uproar BEDLAM
Sends back, I hit really hard, out MAILS
Shorten 'Send off to get into shape' CONDENSE
Taking people like ourselves in is really wrong MORTALSIN
The little fellow always has a high temperature FEVER
The odd one SINGULAR
The vessel is a carrier LUGGER
They hum notes for us to hear BEES
They make one's hands black SPADES
Time off and things to do AGENDA
Vegetables prepared for putting on GREENS
With rest and exercise, back in the pink REPOSE