The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,996 - Oct 13 2012

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Artillery keeping independent regulation ORDINANCE
Athlete has try to join club SHOTPUTTER
Being in charge one needs to be straight RULER
Common freedom enjoyed by Dusty RUNOFTHEMILL
Company taking care of palm tree COCO
Cutter was turning jade first HACKSAW
Decline old pudding SAGO
Directed a chartered accountant to make cutback in universities ACADEMIA
Dressed like priest, one may get profit INVESTMENT
Feel sorry for headless bird EGRET
Fool of a son taken in by knaves JACKASS
German song was deceptive LIED
Herbivore eating everything that's green CALLOW
Island where boat crew changes direction at the start WIGHT
Italian with alluring air oddly rejected LUIGI
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Kansas belt turned out abnormally tall plants BEANSTALKS
Landlord with infestation seen redeveloping LICENSEE
List including first of down clues he rehashed SCHEDULE
Lugubrious donkey's slightly rearranged hideous thing EYESORE
One widely travelled black dog JETSETTER
Person investigating artist has cut round to enter uninvited GATECRASH
Police leader once detaining first of race horses STRING
Rap cults mad about religious instruction according to the Bible SCRIPTURAL
Something valuable in one's house GEMINI
The royal couple in grand flirtation Philandering
The woman's promiscuous -- not a minority view HERESY
Trap for criminals set by volunteers, getting a nibble TASTING
What's fallen out from small sack SPILLAGE
Who's abandoned seat in bar? ABSTAINER
Wild plant may be watered! WEED