The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,581 - Jun 17 2011

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A country's former name mostly used in the bigger area around it ASIA
A couple of million being sunk in financial problem? That could bring pain INFLAMMATION
Alarm has a friend stammering APPAL
Bluebottles -- insects sinking under river POLICE
Case in one truck down under sent north ETUI
Cast characters with pride into hell PERDITION
Criticise a church with a 'miracle cure' PANACEA
Crop beginning to wilt leading to barren area almost WHEAT
Dish served in bar once -- and badly CARBONNADE
Dishes of scouse prepared with salt mixed in CASSOULETS
Dogs for instance will go back a short distance STEP
Dominant volunteers in support MAINTAIN
Fairly recent aspiration expressed in (say) Durham? NEWISH
Greets Eastern revolutionary, showing respect ESTEEM
Nasty teacher -- ah, grief! HEARTACHE
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Numbers will follow this rule book LEVITICUS
Odd bits of prose taking time -- for one used to writing else? POET
Old man passes away? More than one! DADDIES
Old ships sadly not 'Bristol fashion'? SLIPSHOD
One over the eight may fall in this activity at the pub? NINEPINS
One up in the air was endlessly stressed, troubled STEWARDESS
Proposition from those people holding valuable material THEOREM
Protracted disunity that was once more common in primary schools LONGDIVISION
Relation isn't 100% fun, clearly UNCLE
Rose? No female to be put down LOWER
This dream conjured up in a novel HARDTIMES
Tribal chief as executioner? HEADMAN
US city produces arts graduate almost coarse in style BATONROUGE
Wanted at home, daughter called on the way up INDEMAND
Wine put on vehicle in seaside resort REDCAR