The Guardian - Cryptic crossword August 25 2009 crossword clues & answers

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The Guardian - Cryptic crossword Aug 25 2009

Clue	Answer
A bishop and saint contrived to avoid vice, maybe	ABSTAIN
Absolve old man in former sect heading east	EXCULPATE
Animals banding together is what leads to destruction	PRIDE
Bad errors among today's clues and answers	SEVENDEADLYSINS
Church's including former students in defamatory statements	CALUMNIES
College named after sinner — that sounds sentimental	MAGDALEN
Concentrates on removing head of church in sect	ESSENES
Epic, not totally true, perhaps, such as 1	PICTURE
Finished with school, say, showed gluttony by having done this	OVEREATEN
He led his race, but fell in sight of the finish	MOSES
Holy man given cover, protected by mother	MAHATMA
Imperfect, perhaps — with a couple of 8, following part of 1	TENSE
In demo, tersely, they dramatically express anger etc	EMOTERS
Locating envy, say, in begrudging guy, primarily	BASING
Manifestations of lust rued by each involved	DEBAUCHERY
Misrepresent a very English saint in essay	TRAVESTY
Movie in which covetousness is finally denounced	TENCOMMANDMENTS
Occur as lapse into sin	FALL
Opening hospital for mammal	SLOTH
Person breaking one of 1, mounted on racehorse	MURDERER
Person suffering from 3? He's played badly, without energy	SLEEPYHEAD
Pray with chap after conversion, holding old scriptures	APOCRYPHA
Reckoned 1 or 8, for example, was important	COUNTED
Saint's blemish	MARK
Secures what's belonging to a part of church, we hear	ACQUIRES
Some head for place of worship	TEMPLE
Unusually honest player of 23 in 1	HESTON
Work out if urge is wrong	FIGURE

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