The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,494 - Dec 1 2011

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Clues Answers
A bird cutting dead duck's head went this way, then that? ALTERNATED
Asian controlled borders for European ROMANIAN
Bank, say, most efficient at breaking out in depravity TUBE
Bird's fifty goals scored? LINNET
Fixed terms not concerning this 2 17 MORNINGTON
Hybrid and lakeside plant NAKED
Lap speed LICK
Leaves cold? ICEBERG
Little national insurance in advance, as ancient BABYLONIAN
Oxygen and another gas, oxygen and another gas, energy individually matched ONEONONE
Party time, charge around FETE
Previously ending in disaster, a foreign market here? AGORA
Queens here losing ground before gain LONG
River filling drier gardening tool TROWEL
Clues Answers
See 2 STATION
See 24 Across ISLAND
See 25 LADIES
See 3 ECONOMY
See 4 LETTUCE
See 6 CRESCENT
See 7 REPUBLIC
Spectacular ego, heart lost in the system METEORIC
Steep incline, nearly always downhill for starters, horse on the outside MARINADE
Strain something to contend with, keeping solver's end up AIRBORNE
Sweet singer turning up to plug rubbish — this is flat TABLEMAT
Those providing shelter from bats nipping unruly beard WINDBREAKS
Unstable state in­capable, requiring urban development BANANA
Worryingly precarious thing to package — Cameron's party pessimistic about it GLOBAL