The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,375 - Jul 15 2011

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Clues Answers
2 8 — funny sort of joke! MOTHER
29-land's oath DAMNATION
Asian flag in East Indian capital, fluttering TAIWANESE
Caribbean island cancelling party, book taxi MINICAB
Discover pickles in car seat ASCERTAIN
Dying sound causing clairvoyant scepticism, when heard FADEOUT
False sense of security disheartened rabbit protecting warren, ultimately, and the others outside trapped by frog … BUNKER
Finally, skirt hitched up, perhaps — so this revealed? THIGH
First of broken articles, might one be split? BANANA
Four, minus our two points, equals the bottom number FEWEST
God, victorious leader in a branch of Islam SHIVA
Grace, I suspect, is more careful CAGIER
Is shape close? Equilateral? Scalene? A little of each — or the other! ISOSCELES
Its output fine speech initially, then supplication SPRAYER
Jolly ambience's ending, entering meeting REALLY
Lick, in message from the lips, for an out-of-this-world experience SPACEWALK
Clues Answers
Lift a lid to poke something proverbially soused, round vegetable NEWPOTATO
Mass murderer punched ballerina in the midriff HITLER
More than one holiday destination makes further arrangements? RESORTS
Nosy people into rocket science, fifty NASAL
Old fool defaced cat OUNCE
One shouting furiously for sportsman ROWER
Relative of the weasel even more outrageous? OTTER
See 15 MENTALITY
See 17 MONSTER
See 29 INLAW
Time locks securing home into which one might vanish THINAIR
Totals are up for old scholar ERASMUS
Warped members, say, blocking game BOWLEGS
Western country discovering Hamlet's frailty? WOMAN
Where talk may be cheap, laugh out loud about the state of Hollywood, doubled up LOCALCALL
… whose friend notices more new cages acceptable COOKIE