The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,545 - Jul 18 2010

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American volume with a line showing character flaw LITERAL
Book collector securing right work for cultural expert ANTHROPOLOGIST
Complete an English church, it's said UTTERANCE
Crack stone in date TRYST
Crookedly arranged, like part of our capital ASKEW
Decorate in half-hearted manner, not weirdly ORNAMENT
Flower from boy accepted by girl VERBENA
French painter and saintly patron heard distinctly DAVID
Frolic about outside a South African village KRAAL
Hamlet's first speech, mostly for his friend HORATIO
Held in great esteem, I had disturbed soldier no end IDOLISED
Herb carried on misbehaving CORIANDER
Information at grass roots level? LOWDOWN
King Lear, for example EDWARD
Lavishly entertained, given food with endless drink inside FETED
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Like the top class, feeling sorry about learner RULING
Mammoth perturbing us no more ENORMOUS
Man's man, for example, I don't speak well of ISLANDER
Old guy initially was put in very hard bunk HOGWASH
Operated rising charge to provide account NARRATE
Peremptorily dismiss first of batsmen � get out with pace BRUSHOFF
Press function outside newspaper taking place DRAGOON
Refrain from song about ancient deity CHORUS
Revolting drunk making us tense UPTIGHT
Runs into group for combined meal BRUNCH
Slowness to react in pathetic sentries guarding national leader INERTNESS
Some bread? Yes READY
Thought deeply, getting married, about correct text MEDITATED
Valuable metal gun taken by pirate STERLINGSILVER
Watch play from spot, say, in front of gallery SPECTATE