The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,716 - Jan 1 2003

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'Reliant' wrecked: step aboard! RATLINE
25 the main delivery crews embraced by wild throngs NORTHERNLIGHTS
A rare, laborious manifestation of merry dancers AURORABOREALIS
Arena much used by all of us HUMANRACE
Beam across the swimming pool? WIDTH
Chinese city with revolutionary dung recycling CHENGDU
Descartes' Law up for extension RENEWAL
Did Mnemosyne shed tear round her birth? ERATO
Don's conclusion, speaking as of survey AZOVSEA
Hormone for mother's help takin' it easy RELAXIN
Initial purchase of digital component TOEHOLD
Invalid treatment? Yes and no! PLACEBO
Is something the matter with Tyler's revolt, say? WHATSTODO
Light drink swapped for place to see the 1 across LAPLAND
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Man's back bearing weight; this man does! TELAMON
Noah's sponsor calling for port ARCHANGEL
Not delicate, perhaps, leaving one with nothing: yet so capable of grasping! TENTACLED
Oak (and 17 across) felled by Bathsheba? GABRIEL
Phonetician's marshal EMCEE
Pony for one good girl GLASS
President of the French by a term for this one DUBYA
Sad? Let misery depart! WOEBEGONE
Silence exhausted lexicographer's cri de coeur! NOTANOTHERWORD
The Ulster Times on the President NIXON
Toast churchman entering port CHEERIO
Tory Lord, say? He's solving cases from her! DOROTHYLSAYERS
Totters with these omnium-gatherums? RAGBAGS
YN. Sounds foul! WYANDOTTE