The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,181 - Sep 13 2007

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Clues Answers
'The Entertainer' (with Archie Rice), initially based on a book by McCourt and Lawrence ARTISTE
A prodigious sailor's cry AVAST
Amaze head of school with union backing STUN
Article's first and last - first and last taking articles? THEFT
Assured novel, but wilder movie SUNSETBOULEVARD
Books and articles about pop stars ABBA
Boost sound or light RAYS
Can class provide old photograph? TINTYPE
Challenged Catholic leader on 'Father Ted' carries on CONFRONTED
Contradictory answers given by poet NOYES
Country song about American getting back from Detroit AUSTRIA
Curse of senior manager on dole EXECRATION
Dingy fish crossing river DRAB
Dumbbell brought into gym before fellow proceeded PASSEDON
He fools around with power, say, for online device CLOTHESPEG
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Holding first of talks, was go-between considered? MEDITATED
Joyce's work is to name ships DUBLINERS
Killed in turn SLEW
Musical grunts? GIGI
Note shared accommodation DOUBLEFLAT
Novel peer, mostly weird LORDPETERWIMSEY
One-sided acquiescence? ALLRIGHT
Refuse to accept name, in a manner of speaking SLANG
Resist having to get up WITHSTAND
River in which we serve WESER
Rococo for a grand painter FRAGONARD
Salts' place - in the deep, somewhere EPSOM
Scarper when dice game's unsatisfactory BEETLEOFF
Sequin found in corner shop previously empty SPANGLE
Skinny people plan to mingle with obese BEANPOLES