The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,745 - Apr 20 2006

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Bear in Gleneagles demolishing hotel THOLE
Bird may be a singer, but not one tenor AVOCET
Bread taken when there's litre to be drunk STOLLEN
Elegant exterior to army compound POTASH
Exhausted genius, before going to bed finally KNACKERED
Firm with a bit of a hit makes money abroad COPECK
Fox didn't go hungry until now TODATE
Gathering storm FLOUNCE
I love France, possibly for the drink there CAFENOIR
Ignore volunteer working for agricultural improvement GREENREVOLUTION
Insects that might be said to make journeys in Wexford? THRIPS
Keep an eye on Keats' formulation? STAKEOUT
Like many a competitive golfer visible to all INTHEOPEN
Mint gets senior pupil churning over inside PERFECT
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Musical interval at 8 roughly OCTAVE
News feature gets cut, having gone over page SPLASH
No land said to be a location of religious significance HOLYSEE
Nymph seen as Newcastle's answer to Beryl? NEREID
One leaving square to be patrolled by black horse JENNET
Patient having no effect INVALID
Piece of music in street upset animal STRETTO
Pretend agreement will cover non-professional PLAYACT
See sportswoman run on lamely, once injured MAUREENCONNOLLY
Setting in theatre to support medic before operation BACKDROP
Singer with instrument entertaining 'undreds of people? COSTELLO
Surname of author coming at end of epigraph HERBERT
Swell old lover subsequently criticised audibly EXPAND
That time for strangling good old aristocrat THEGN