The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,698 - Dec 9 2002

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A number observed outside happening SEVENTEEN
Act out angle on swimmer CATFISH
Block found in African village ANVIL
Boss lost in dust storm STUD
Cease agitation to colonise part of Ireland SETTLEDOWN
Chanted one not unfamiliar to boy INTONED
Claim to be a girl of great power? AMERICA
Condition made by the civil power STATE
Defeated by yarn WORSTED
Drink for smart circle STINGO
Filled with admiration by one point on forward play? AWESTRUCK
First gave former workmen fish as compensation for loss of job GOLDENHANDSHAKE
From now on, bird will go to church by river HENCEFORTH
Game many take to following LOTTO
Clues Answers
Harangue, giving actor a terrible part ORATE
He may not be practical in laying the notion on the table IDEALIST
Instrument one company of Irish nationalists rejected OCARINA
Objects to new recitals ARTICLES
Ordinary girl with large head NORMAL
Praised apartment to deter alteration FLATTERED
Puzzle of underhand plot INTRIGUE
Regulation 1 about guns ORDINANCE
Still in some danger from bottled beer? NOTOUTOFTHEWOOD
Suitable head's physical condition FITNESS
Survivor finds souvenir on table top RELICT
Test alternative arrangement ORDEAL
The drug addict's dance? TRIP
Undoes order to slave to run off first UNRAVELS