The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,988 - Aug 28 2000

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Clues Answers
'The wretched have no ____ ', or so wrote Dryden FRIENDS
A beast, though not with women STAG
A residence that lowers the tone? FLAT
A sound man, having some pluck GUITARIST
A theologian taking ages over a piece of music ERASMUS
An illness that can excite interest about one ENTERITIS
An order incorrectly cited EDICT
Anticipatory - like television viewers! FARSEEING
Awesome oriental lake EERIE
Book put by for a rainy day? RESERVE
Commanding gun carrying soldiers GREAT
Dull-coloured flag, say, never raised SAGEGREEN
Follow directions - and then use wrongly ENSUE
Foreign character, part of a fearsome gang OMEGA
Game may be caught by a man with craft CHESS
Goes quiet - it's due to the old kitchen equipment TURNSPITS
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Grandee's letters fomenting disorder DERANGE
Great rush to hire outside right TORRENT
Left surrounded by rustics, make some quip PLEASANTRY
Looked over a newspaper leader about the demode EYED
Many refuse ready money CASH
Mugs people in the street - a charge results ASSESSMENT
Odds, oddly enough EVENS
Opened up an alfresco feast OUTSPREAD
Out - in - out: it can be good training TUITION
Say there's nothing in immorality VOICE
See, not for the first time, about underworld protection REDISCOVER
Silence on changes effected - such boldness! INSOLENCE
Stand with outstretched arms on the dinner table! EPERGNE
Take account of rise in value APPRECIATE
The cost of installing coops in a river EXPENSE
Unusual police function ARRESTING