The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,666 - Nov 1 2002

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'A pathological sac', said Sister, with no hesitation CYST
Bach said to be on a roll with composer's penultimate boat song BARCAROLLE
Bender being moved? BINGE
Council's top social worker is not able to CANT
Drunk stays below, where few can walk straight lines TIGHTROPES
Eager to change fellows thought at first to be in accord AGREEMENT
Egg producer wants nothing to change OVARY
Fifty hold out after sailor returns with iron pigs BALLAST
Frank dined with the contestant CANDIDATE
Goodbye, little sausage! CHEERIO
Graduate thus starting to study the fundamentals BASICS
Hand that's straightening things out, reportedly WRITING
I take chances around bends CHICANES
Incorruptible? I'm only human! IMMORTAL
Indian born to pussyfoot? PAWNEE
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Little one is produced by degrees BABE
No way! A trainee soldier needs one for remembrance NOSTALGIA
Office worker with time to prepare lure TEMPT
Papers resorting to smear tactics? REAMS
Partners inside only changed leg wear NYLONS
Pass judgement on one held inside with sensitivity SENTIENCE
Past generation initially impatient to get going AGOG
People from Calais and Cracow join in grand wood activity FRENCHPOLISHING
Speak with force like Hook, for example ASPIRATE
Staff supplies found after plane crash ALPENSTOCK
Steamship taking this time to float into frozen hazards SNOWDRIFTS
Storage space for the ministers CABINET
The last people to get drinks? COBBLERS
This includes points for a dissertation THESIS