The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,944 - Sep 24 2003

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Clues Answers
Authoritarian, dehumanising and oppressive: like Blair? ORWELLIAN
Beautiful! An ovation surrounds the Bolshoi's finest! ULANOVA
Broad, conclusively representative art retrospective TRAMP
Eye on a car, perhaps? When do you get your Christmas bonus? ONCEAYEAR
Fish so called with a new lawyer in New York WANDA
French horn's theme in Berlioz's overture CORSAIR
Hill's thorn-bound 7am delivery service? SNAILMAIL
Holy Island welcoming one Greek outpost IONIA
Hot nudist refreshed with a funnel TUNDISH
Impulsive transmitter of verse between masses MODEM
Last Stuart detailed first victim; Ms Lee? ANNABEL
Love at first sight sought on this appointment? BLINDDATE
Miserable Les; no German holds with backing this composer NIELSEN
Non-Reithian reference to his fiefdom? THEBEEB
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On which, quietly speak of pretty girl CUTIE
Oo! One fruit cake cooked, not a biscuit! FORTUNECOOKIE
Phil, some say, a royal playing for Liverpool ORCHESTRA
Picasso's model? On the contrary, theirs ... CITROEN
Rut cut in from left LETCH
Shallow versifying in Measure for Measure? POETICJUSTICE
Time and money absorbed with Queen's fool TWERP
Topping gag inducing low, glum, sour 'Ha!' GALLOWSHUMOUR
Trout knocked off by Lawrence? RAINBOW
Two articles from Anatole France: no French play here! TOLERANCE
Who's the would-be geisha around here? All right! I am! MAIKO
With no trace of Les Miserables, singularly leading in the British charts ODOURLESS
Without ceremony, brother, I've returned Old Trafford's shorts! BREVIMANU
Wow! The libel's fabricated! Right, who blabbed? WHISTLEBLOWER