The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,857 - May 4 2012

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Area in the grip of maniac recently ACRE
Buried under food shop is American composer DELIUS
Denim top manufactured somewhere in Italy PIEDMONT
Diagram produced by graduate of building design with skill BARCHART
Famous inventor was in debt and shouted BELLOWED
Feature of car that may arouse gent's ire STEERING
Female with formality and with frostiness FRIGIDLY
French fortress to keep wet in hot conditions, bad inside BASTILLE
Fruit drinks including pop devoid of content APPLES
Fussy person not half -- devil to get changed yet PERNICKETY
Hollow Conservative greeting CAVE
Human being ethical about trade primarily MORTAL
Humourless-looking model, I have to create an image POSITIVE
I get lost and I start to panic terribly and flap EPIGLOTTIS
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It's great new street -- result of one making long-term plan STRATEGIST
Language of a lad brought up outside Rugby YORUBA
Like an astronaut made fun of SENTUP
Moister bread? DAMPER
Old cad leading soldiers -- one to stir them into action? ORATOR
Restaurant offerings the man discovered in East Anglian town DISHES
Returning soldiers will be having an undesired effect BACKFIRING
Scottish landlord, heartless and fat LARD
South American country fellow crossing Austria behind soldier PARAGUAY
Swelling fruit, soft from one end to the other LUMP
Tax row in which artist suffers setback TARIFF
Treasurer making sort of appeal in regional accent BURSAR
Wasting time, let's observe tenant LESSEE
Weapon spelling peril -- good for ousting any number DAGGER