The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,967 - Oct 21 2003

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Clues Answers
... a large area and not with people NORFOLK
A girl to beat vigourously, perhaps MISSPELT
Confirms findings of Goldilocks BEARSOUT
Could the ladder need an operation with these? NEEDLEANDTHREAD
Curse articles leading to a degree ANATHEMA
Curse with 8 DARN
Dean loses head over another girl ELLIE
Dutch Courage? BEERBOTTLE
Eric Walker? AMBLER
Exercise with it in Chatham PITT
Gettin' a lift in Hertfordshire HITCHIN
Grade one hit could arise from it RIGHTIDEA
Hangs about - it's unusual by the sea HASTINGS
Land of serial disruption ISRAEL
Clues Answers
League tables of art work in grammar school RATINGS
Low road taken by body-liner LARWOOD
Maiden could be better without one AMEND
Manual delivery? MAILEDFIST
Next to nothing in offertory tray to begin with ALMOST
One's inclined to conceal internal ailments HILLSIDE
Poem in neat Milton fashion, but cloying OVERSENTIMENTAL
Pointless crazy smile at museum's wanton destruction VANDALISM
Project of former politician EDEN
Setter's function, one given to deceive IMPOSER
Start in edited passage TRANSIT
Their leader after Tories unfortunately lost one given to body building STEROIDS
They pretend to be ascetics out East FAKERS
Time taken by mountain to turn into level ground ... PLAT