The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,801 - Nov 23 2012

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Ancient kingdom's newsagents? MEDIA
Correcting sound composition? WRITING
Dairy product is shorter than short BRIE
Dance around here, perhaps, looking for a drink? BEERHALL
Deal is at hand, if 3 changes hands WALMER
Defence plea of many a libidinous character? ALIBI
Disguise formed about square dance? MASQUERADE
Field wherein bankers’ bluff is called? FISCAL
Flop, try as I might to make it in the kitchen FILOPASTRY
Footballers' magazine? ARSENAL
Hostilities over alien sea with rising heat WARMER
It's clap, but with treatment it can be altered PLASTIC
It's much said to involve making a fortune MIDASTOUCH
It's unhealthily damp but not too confined, as they say RHEUMY
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Jollity — in a way she earns it HEARTINESS
Light soil? LAND
My bass can be very deep ABYSMS
Name gets a mention NOMINATE
Offers for nursing staff? TENDERS
Paul's fitted in vehicle like space craft CAPSULAR
Sort of bricks for support with nothing underneath LEGO
Take in backward siblings with qualification ABSORB
Throat condition that's a bit rough for a casino worker CROUPIER
To summon is sound sense CITE
Trusty soldier exposed to risk RELIABLE
Unduly claim town lacks leadership ARROGATE
Unfriendly state after one car overturned INIMICAL
What UN Secretary-General does includes time to consider MEDITATE