The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,357 - Dec 3 2006

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A burly test-playing bumpkin entering THICKSET
A sad-sounding 'Muffed it!' BLEW
A sweet little girl brought the dog back, dear MOPPET
Abstracted and worried? Dear, oh dear! DREAMY
An oil, nothing less, used as a dye! ANIL
An old bird flew into and got cut ABRIDGED
Come first in French, very hard to pick up LEADEN
Converted the apartment, in dead trouble ADAPTED
Deliver, to get back in the good books of REDEEM
Doing nothing to help yourself recover RESTCURE
Estimates provide a suggestion, roughly, to start with GAUGES
Fellow the pirates went to with their loot COVE
For the advertising material, make it longer PROTRACT
From the outset, our servicemen go in to attack STRAFE
Girl who played a dumb role in Hollywood films LASSIE
Hangs down and the ring falls out DROOPS
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Hurray! I love getting the last word CHEERIO
In the game of love, play to win! SERENADE
Inset one shows a fish PLAICE
Kind member of the crew? MANNER
Make the glue bond, or stick BLUDGEON
Most unhappy the day after the crew disbanded WRETCHED
Music that's very hard to describe ROCK
Names the characters taking part in SPELLS
Not a favourite picture of the moon? LONGSHOT
Owing to there being a terrible din outside INTHERED
Raved about, then wildly exploited ENTHUSED
Rushed the fish inside and kept it damp SPRAYED
Tell more about the old tailless animal EXPAND
Terribly amused about how one double-checked MADESURE
Warning about the air-conditioning: it smells fishy CAVIARE
Was clearly proud of having stayed STRUTTED