The Guardian - Cryptic crossword May 24 2001 crossword clues & answers

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The Guardian - Cryptic crossword May 24 2001

Clue	Answer
Backing places without first aid is silly	STUPID
Came clean: he'd worse troubles	SHOWERED
Certify a tin-opener on trial	ATTEST
Character caught in the act left	DEPARTED
Christians anticipate this moment before Advent	SECOND
Distinguished crossword compiler standing in hospital department	EMINENT
Eccentric suppresses cry of pain, but he's scared	COWARD
Feeling George will take work home by midnight	GROPING
Film obese gangster with charm	FATALATTRACTION
Frighten Les, spilling acid in the process	STARTLE
Governing body wants Brown back in the diocese	SENATE
I dig right out, getting free	DELIVER
I grope in jumble for a dressinggown	PEIGNOIR
Is, for example, standing in canal - possibly to relieve pain	ANALGESIC
It's even in liquid that's concentrated	INTENSIVE
Live humdrum existence assumed to be without intelligence	BRUTE
Mean to take for a ride before the end of July	STINGY
Nothing changes with egg producers	OVARIES
Obtain safe	SECURE
Part of theatre greeting first lady of song	GODSAVETHEQUEEN
Pop in, carrying unusually long mammal	PANGOLIN
Scrap outmoded books	ODDMENT
See 1	COMING
Skill of flying men shown in court	CRAFT
Susan's taken round thanks to model figure	STATUE
They speak of nothing to a fellow painting hills	ORATORS
Tidiest home to have a meal in	NEATEST
Wreckage in sea beside Bristol	DEBRIS
Backing places without first aid is silly	STUPID
Came clean: he'd worse troubles	SHOWERED
Certify a tin-opener on trial	ATTEST
Character caught in the act left	DEPARTED
Christians anticipate this moment before Advent	SECOND
Distinguished crossword compiler standing in hospital department	EMINENT
Eccentric suppresses cry of pain, but he's scared	COWARD
Feeling George will take work home by midnight	GROPING
Film obese gangster with charm	FATALATTRACTION
Frighten Les, spilling acid in the process	STARTLE
Governing body wants Brown back in the diocese	SENATE
I dig right out, getting free	DELIVER
I grope in jumble for a dressinggown	PEIGNOIR
Is, for example, standing in canal - possibly to relieve pain	ANALGESIC
It's even in liquid that's concentrated	INTENSIVE
Live humdrum existence assumed to be without intelligence	BRUTE
Mean to take for a ride before the end of July	STINGY
Nothing changes with egg producers	OVARIES
Obtain safe	SECURE
Part of theatre greeting first lady of song	GODSAVETHEQUEEN
Pop in, carrying unusually long mammal	PANGOLIN
Scrap outmoded books	ODDMENT
See 1	COMING
Skill of flying men shown in court	CRAFT
Susan's taken round thanks to model figure	STATUE
They speak of nothing to a fellow painting hills	ORATORS
Tidiest home to have a meal in	NEATEST
Wreckage in sea beside Bristol	DEBRIS

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