The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,578 - Jun 14 2011

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A lake-like expansion of a river overseas ABROAD
A rum graduate, eccentric one BACARDI
A sculpted figure of Ulysses originally sited in Maine, perhaps STATUE
Amateur covering canvas with newspaper and rope? SUNDAYPAINTER
Article given to yours truly -- your old stone, a precious stone AMETHYST
Beau's extremes of depravity? DANDY
Boom crossing Plymouth river THRIVE
Careless fielders keep dropping Lancashire's opener SLIPSHOD
Cast a spell on the way in ENTRANCE
County Durham's top store wrecked DORSET
Dash over to look at Kirov's latest dancer NUREYEV
Fine the Parisian in vehicle CLEAR
Get out again and enjoy hanging around bar REPUBLISH
Greek character telephones, initially, before he volunteers THETA
Guy almost rented a small cabin CHALET
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Little interest shown by girl, actually INTRUTH
Nearly caught in open, suddenly OVERNIGHT
Note making one irritable? Not quite CROTCHET
One practising self-denial in a British town? Almost right ABSTAINER
Ordinary people from Italy, loosely LAITY
Overworked horse in roughly built hut with no roof HACK
People in costume INHABIT
Plans to circulate junk mail SPAM
Printer's machine -- vandalised it openly LINOTYPE
Put off drinking tin or bottle DECANTER
Sounds like outlawed Italian criminal BANDIT
Speed of an amateur penning short review ALACRITY
The very same dialect in broadcast IDENTICAL
Very poor organist shone, surprisingly ONASHOESTRING
View one teetotaller held -- maintain the same position SITTIGHT