The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,593 - Aug 8 2002

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Clues Answers
Absentee of 1 6 makes a hole under mountain MACAVITY
Antique cover - one managed to survive into last century QUEENVICTORIA
Cover sheltering most of circus was fatal to Samson HAIRCUT
Crime is up when you get cash without energy SIMONY
Crime needs time and cause TREASON
Dominant, the leading note of the conductor? SOLTI
Essential for lamb learning to walk AMBLE
Girl playing Mary in religious body SALLYARMY
Having had some lager - dead drunk at the start - his problem? LADDISH
House the French talk about CHALET
I don't believe in God's last entry into new life INFIDEL
I don't do much that is of not so much use IDLER
In and out of season? TIDE
Many outside Tyneside should be hit on the head CROWNED
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Mother's sovereign keeping one from Channel Island is partisan MAQUISARD
No fishing possible with such a financial result? NETLOSS
Opening of epic play - what can hold a note in song, if historic ARMSANDTHEMAN
Progressing along lines? INTRAIN
Realistic show must be awful crap to amuse (they say) the awful cast PRACTICAL
Sailor drunk retsina, which I wouldn't do ABSTAINER
See 1 CATS
Senior citizens' concession returned, all with book of 1 6 OLDPOSSUM
Sign of opposition to Tory big guns? LIBRA
Slides that can't be hidden? TRANSPARENCIES
State backing for Irish imprisoned by Hitler FLORIDA
Tenure terminable by bullets blasting holes in it? LEASEHOLD
With loads of room for the 'i' in 'semivowel' PALATIAL
With scorn I leave police: you mustn't worry CONTEMPTUOUSLY