The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,284 - Oct 27 2004

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... No. 47, second SILVER
... No. 79, first, and ... GOLD
Almost the last word in fermentation ZYME
Basis of meringues, for example, each way without a particle EGGWHITE
Boy's love left in sound Spanish city VALLADOLID
Device for ship in Sri Lanka port, reportedly ANCHOR
Doctors No. 11, mostly additive to food MONOSODIUM
Fixer for breeders? STUD
Fretful baby left fretful cat outside MEWLER
Girl in England? Really a boy in Italy ANDREA
How difficult without aspiration to rule (the Tories?) in the old TV serial HOWARDSWAY
Making 'ole in place of films? EALING
No. 1's information on spa outbuilding HYDROGEN
No. 15, Venus anadyomene PHOSPHORUS
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No. 2's first turn in device for ship HELIUM
No. 27, as Latvian to Lithuanian COBALT
No. 30 and last, limited? ZINC
No. 51 is opposed to un-English currency ANTIMONY
No. 53 has 10 to eat IODINE
No. 7, otherwise 9, taking in opening for cave-dweller NITROGEN
No. 76, the big one - don't talk about it OSMIUM
No. 78, fruit in a can? On the contrary, outranking ... PLATINUM
No. 9's illness or mine, first off FLUORINE
Riposte with sword, retaining skill with right opening REPARTEE
Swift men, apparently got up thus, love horses' food YAHOOS
The Guardian's name in China is black MOURNING
Treat disease with drug backed by crab's foot? EXOPOD
When to shoot, say, at the workplace? ONSITE