The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 25,444 - Oct 25 2007

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A few drops of the hard stuff HAIL
A girl's husband after a wager BETH
A local government may be beaten by speed Ratecapped
A loose grasp of property tenure? FREEHOLD
A new spirit and a condition of the heart ANGINA
A peer's odd rambling made him a criminal DESPERADO
A telephone might be hired ENGAGED
Able to figure out menu - and the price! NUMERATE
American refusal to exercise? NOPE
Area in which one hundred step up ICECAP
Book everyone spirited enough for soccer, for example BALLGAME
Bulky sentries outside start to expect generosity LARGESSE
Call on father to be bold DARING
Censure soldier with convincing evidence REPROOF
Delivery from northern city to our monarch? YORKER
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Eastern gallery welcomes study lacking teeth EDENTATE
Last on is hoping to contain surprise ASTONISH
One may be on it at the cash dispenser! BREADLINE
Platform for a management buy-out AMBO
Put at risk in final, and see red ENDANGER
Reason out why a woman married abroad SENORA
Sanctimonious, with no time perhaps for a fruit PIMIENTO
She's outside now, in dark glasses SHADES
Sleep better embracing worker uprising CATNAP
The predicament of a very popular lake? HOTWATER
They might offer a sea view BAYWINDOWS
Unfashionable home game originally meant a trip OUTING
Weapons creating terrible dangers across the West of England GRENADES
What's implied by union split about closure INNUENDO
Who noses around in this sort of footwear? SNOWSHOE