The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,993 - Feb 6 2007

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Clues Answers
24 down catches 2-way 5 LASTWORDS
5 to bowl over in autumn FAREWELL
A model of vegetable growth MOSS
Be inconsistent about silver's inconsistent behaviour VAGARY
Champagne producer taking time to produce choral work MOTET
Cleaner man wanted to supply disincentive DETER
Defeat on unduly long pitch? OVERTHROW
Dilapidated urban area in which Greek character reflected on Slovenian lake TUMBLEDOWN
Female form, topless LASS
Finger perhaps discovering how to make a hole? DIGIT
Flock's home with a capital H PARISH
Fondness for 5? PENCHANT
Gloria Gaynor's first and last performance SWANSONG
Go away with source of smelly stuff SCRAM
Go back to square one, being wrong about pastry oven STARTAGAIN
Grating lines interrupting endless woe GRILLE
Island wanting a source of whisky and beer MALT
Clues Answers
King in state runs from sailor MARINER
Madam is jaded, so some say BAWD
Man with beard first taken in by inferior gardening equipment LAWNMOWER
Miserable about Golden Calf getting left out LONGFACED
Much ado getting Dad to bowl PALAVER
Much hyped oil is nothing great OMEGA
Neat manoeuvre STEER
Painter and saint, a man of faith RASTA
Pitch withheld by the indifferent? TOSS
Return of fabulous horse, leaderless, consuming a meat product SAUSAGE
Some rude letters returned by oriental stinker TELEDU
Specimen passed from humble seat STOOL
Superficial drawback to being frank about one's orientation OUTWARD
Team accepting bung? On the contrary, bung free! SCREWTOP
Truncated illustration of fruit FIG
Turning tide on predator WOLF