The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,067 - Jul 20 2010

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Clues Answers
Acknowledgment to one offering mortgage to one coming in late TAILENDER
Bachelor girl in touch with Solomon? SHEBA
Choose young animal in ritual slaughter to lead to fire ELECTRICALFAULT
Creature of air (male) to take to water BATHE
Discourage resolve when setter's missing DETER
Doctor with a French infection, person in charge of member with very hard task MOUNTAINTOCLIMB
Doubt of ex-president losing article about … is it about love? DUBIOSITY
Edinburgh footballer in departure from show EXHIBIT
Female crossword setter's language HINDI
Figure from disting­uished order getting brush-off outside RHOMBUS
Group of Matabele, a guerrilla force, operate a siege BELEAGUER
Hostile stuff from Euro­pean creatures not ending POLEMIC
Job in dockyard: whistleblower wants it REFIT
Lady Catherine's place in gross mistreatment ROSINGS
Clues Answers
Long sentence for old buck is of the essence LIFEBLOOD
Means of contacting spiller of oil covering general and monarch BLEEPER
One frequently corres­ponding, as swan with dog? PENFRIEND
Persian ruler's return embraces copper as gladiator SPARTACUS
Poet into fool? TASSO
Potter book given to king with glove on TOMKITTEN
Scots wear for Welsh party PLAID
Sh! Get concealed in 1 down: 'beheaded king' assumes what has yet to be proved BEGSTHEQUESTION
Shakespearean 9 (part 1) who sleeps on a bank some time (rest of 9) TITANIA
Tate Modern in call for lodging for 11 CATTERY
Temporary help arranged to keep me in period EPHEMERAL
The Moon mythologically has coloratura passages QUEENOFTHENIGHT
Welcome command to do computing? ENTER
Will part on search after tailless insect BEQUEST