The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,964 - Sep 6 2012

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A chick originally in nest -- or older bird? ANCESTOR
Act out a search in burial place CATACOMB
Anorak from free catalogue? No thanks CAGOULE
Applaud it or yawn inwardly -- it's to do with what you hear AUDITORY
Associate with Tory type CONSORT
Beyond its shelf life's no time to be selling SALE
Celebrate tandem making a comeback LAUD
Central courtyard a partial success ATRIUM
Change the ending of popular fellow's talks with second half cut INFLECT
Checked time Lawrence returned clutching fizzy water THWARTED
Copper approaching end of tether with hardly any time to be indoors CURFEW
Fire without heat ultimately is fake SIMULATE
Happy student capers in party clothes GLADRAGS
Information a bit topsy-turvy DATA
Insist a sure thing's sound ASSERT
It's a '51 Citroen's front that's sloping ITALIC
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It's common sense there's a purpose in feeling sick NAUSEOUS
Kill hart and doe with clean shot away from the gaze of spectators OFFSTAGE
Monster on the retreat in 'Mother Goose' OGRE
One in suit -- Burberry -- outwardly sociable CLUBBY
Party leader's extremely snazzy, stylish and spiritual PSYCHIC
Regretting using Parisian street that's almost completely jammed RUEFUL
Ribbons go in weaving TAPESTRY
Sharpness of article combined with extremes of emotion ACUMEN
Spain and France keep striving EFFORT
Suppose there's no power to carry on RESUME
Surface discoloration may come from tea and coffee, it's said BRUISE
Sweet rice came cooked ICECREAM
To sing and dance about a 5-0 rout is heartless CAVORT
To train fruit trees -- cultivated pears -- may take invention ESPALIER
What was afoot in 'Cakes and Ale'? SANDAL
Writing for a foreign film implied accepting sex SUBTITLE