The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,058 - Sep 20 2013

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Clues Answers
100 unlucky in love? It's too late to enquire after them CLOSINGDATES
Ancient chief shut up, having become tedious PENDRAGON
Bare elbow lacking a touch of glamour NUDE
Brood in centre of tree, conifer REPINE
Cable serving under Tory and finally brought round CONVINCED
Cocky Republican ignored party BASH
Cook's speciality involved great soup and endless cake PACKAGETOURS
Cool suit — evidence of celebrity status? FANCLUBS
Cricket side, one attracting trickster LEGPULLER
Dilapidated dockland garage with intriguing air CLOAKANDDAGGER
Eight gallons almost drained, little left BUSHEL
French boy's looking up meaning of 'gunk' SLIME
Hint Tunisian criminal gave at last INSINUATE
Illicitly take a companion on river POACH
Clues Answers
In final stage Nutmeg (female) caught up ENMESHED
Leading publicity about one paramedic's task FIRSTAID
Makes simpler terms for tenants, using no Latin EASES
Man on board eating right kind of seafood PRAWN
Old councillors' last word about backing Socialist line ALDERMEN
One type of police search means the end for Pinkie, perhaps FINGERTIP
Polar explorer's troubled, so going back outside OATES
Sediment deposited around West Sussex town LEWES
Self-centred stoic, eg perversely holds it back EGOTISTIC
Short vessel carrying merchandise (brick) AGOODSORT
Those responsible for changing locks in the theatre? WIGMAKERS
Walker greeting bishop leaving the pavement edge HIKER
Wood — famous conductor taking morning off BEECH
Wren at sea, say, one designing ships NAVALARCHITECT