The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,958 - Mar 15 2010

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A spider possibly saved Bruce from it DESPAIR
Attractive girl often pulled at parties CRACKER
Back seat POSTERIOR
Climbs and balances SCALES
Dead slow? Quite the contrary! QUICK
Division has FBI agents placed outside SEGMENT
Doctor goes to help of comedian STOOGE
Emphasise need for second lock STRESS
Fight possibly rigged SPAR
For writers the thing about it is intellectual effort INK
Foreign capital recalled in my reminiscences MEMORY
Got down to making a proposal? KNELT
Governess expected girl to stand up DUENNA
Injured hip not long ago in a pursuit PHILATELY
It's lawful, but not with the French girl! GAL
Missiles produce inferno in ship SHELLS
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One member to take part in strike IMPACT
Organ repairs regularly required EAR
Out of place competitor ALSORAN
Part of house for rent in outskirts of Shrewsbury STOREY
Pop back to extol value APPRAISE
Possibly carry on taking oxygen in heart attack CORONARY
Quickly gets into one's underwear SLIPS
Settle in court BENCH
Soldier mixes general a drink GINGERALE
Sole policy PLATFORM
Spring in southern US state SPA
Take out a hundred socks with a hole in CHOOSE
Taken on and taken off without reason APPOINTED
They're purely symbolic LILIES
Union gets everybody a nice settlement ALLIANCE
Woman in evening dress that's figure revealing NINE