The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,625 - Aug 8 2011

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A double first DEADHEAT
A fault not long showing up SHORTCOMING
A shade depressed BLUE
After work rushed in so as to see the entertainer SOPRANO
Awfully repulsive -- crush PULVERISE
Bad temper resulting from sick jokes? ILLHUMOUR
Be inclined to shelter in the garden perhaps LEANTO
Best advertisement for a pastry? CREAMPUFF
Cause of cracks that may bring the house down COMEDIAN
Erudite professors or their prot�g�s, perhaps SCHOLARS
Expedition to the French metropolis goes round river ALACRITY
Fire confined to part of church INSPIRE
Forget to order vermouth OMIT
He heals, adjusting his patter accordingly THERAPIST
How's that for charm? APPEAL
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I can't change, I've become idle INACTIVE
Lie in bed, suffering, not fit enough to eat INEDIBLE
Make converse? DESTROY
Morning spent being entertained AMUSED
Plant seen in neat border OXLIP
Point to inferior scent SPOOR
Regular soldier? ORDERLY
Remove it, as ordered, for extra pay OVERTIME
Restrictions for members in clubs IRONS
Rings to see what the film's about in write-up LOOPS
Road-works in order ORDAIN
State aid distributed by Home Office IDAHO
Take out file and look for one with a non-hereditary entitlement LIFEPEER
The Greeks probably regarded it as a capital investment SIEGEOFTROY
We'd be lost without him! GUIDE