The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,639 - Jul 16 1999

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Clues Answers
A lake follows an endless river from the nose RHINAL
Alcoholic compound with lead altered alter ego ALDEHYDE
Chatted carelessly about people parting (from the army?) DETACHMENT
Cheerful and optimistic as bar closes? UPBEAT
Chest, or above it exhibited? BUST
Deciding game by having kipper for elevenses, perhaps? TIEBREAK
Deity, old style deity OSIRIS
Fails to shoot the wife, we hear MISSES
Glasses mopped up by half-torn sponge LOOFAH
In which to immerse the beasts of Spooner's ocean liner? SHEEPDIP
Incentive might be painful to hide? SPUR
Intent look most represented in Mac SCOTSMAN
Italian food lasts in Roma when prepared by a girl MOZZARELLA
Knocks over box SPAR
Clues Answers
Listed as a shoe? HEELED
Looking up at the black stuff amidst swirling gas with enthusiasm STARGAZING
Lord about to be over-effusive about charging prospectors? GOLDRUSH
Man in Ritz cheekily played on knee? ZITHER
Managed raising farm produce around the farmhouse GRANGE
Mythical feat, or foot? LEGEND
One moving for one sitting PROPOSER
Repeats diabolical Easter rite REITERATES
See WALLIS
Shoots lass held up by bloke FLAGELLA
Tedious drill? BORE
Unsteady on one's feet when hallucinating? TRIPPING
Very strong supporter wants to laze around ZEALOT
Wartime inventor is after exploding answer in spherical form BARNES