The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,473 - Mar 21 2002

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'Whose odes awry Could Hermes try?' RHYMESTER
Abandon Islam? 'e could be a latter-day Ishmael OSAMABINLADEN
Alexander the Great has it off with her! THAIS
Bill, if mountain climbing up one side of Portugal BENFICA
Capital of Karnataka, or a Bengal development BANGALORE
Could one force John from the White House? IGLOO
Crompton's making out the bill that's unsettled MUTABLE
Deceptively casual about height, me darlin'? ACUSHLA
Fastens the blame over a radical type PARSNIP
First left in the order THISTLE
Here flourished hogweeds, right? HEDGEROWS
Hitherto unforeseen revelation? EYEOPENER
I go out for a shroud here TURIN
Incredible brute televised dismantled ship SHEERHULK
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Laxness - the Nobel prizewinner was not at one accidental gathering ICELANDIC
Leaders of Yanks always left their allies conferring here YALTA
New Yorker's glory in Sunday spiel KNICKERBOCKER
Not about to stitch the king up from this direction NORWEST
On the contrary, the Red Queen miscalculated ERRED
One having too much of the one c-cup that cheers? THEIC
One savouring someone else in the lead POTHERB
One's objective to be the real winner ACTUALIST
Parting shot? Och, ours didnae fash! DEOCHANDORUIS
Plaza-Toro's domain? DUKEDOM
Relieved of the habit, Mon Pere died CURED
Revolutionary Assizes left spare warrant LAISSEZPASSER
So it follows the whistle-blower, or 'e follows THEREFORE
Two-stroke was cut up MOPED