The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,365 - Apr 17 2008

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A modicum of personal covering provided by the recess ALCOVE
Alternative queue for Americans going to town? UPLINE
Bold lawyer with quirky grin DARING
Buckle isn't worn to show defiance WARPAINT
Cancel cleanup? SCRUB
Clambers up to sign SCALES
Competently keeps back clutter in meeting ASSEMBLY
Concealed weapon in jam, catching verbal row SWORDSTICK
Decline to take the easy way DOWNHILL
Gaudy old pulpit traced by knowing worker FLAMBOYANT
Held back from warning about globe FORBORE
Jet flier? BLACKBIRD
Joins with beginners to learn in new kids' school LINKS
Lines that complain bitterly at Method RAILWAY
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No Verne? No Tintin comic? No meddling! NONINTERVENTION
Offend greatly at first and confess SING
Passionate desire to party in country interminably retreating ARDOUR
Ponders initial loss by customs USES
Poor show? So do encores! Be careful what you say CHOOSEONESWORDS
Quarter taken in by the palmist's curl of the lip SNEER
Remarkably few real creature comforts WELFARE
River with unpleasant smell: note the course RHUMB
Sailor is withering about passenger SEAFARER
Settled to live as a theologian, bounded by eastern sea EMBEDDED
Squinting, start off with back lanes ALLEYED
Stays, as of old, for a drink STIFFENER
Token of love interrupting part of service: touching! COUPON
Wimp accepts success that's due to formal dress WHITETIE