The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,521 - Mar 17 2015

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Clues Answers
A close thing, fitting woman into dining area MEANNESS
An artist owns up: 'A great waste' SAHARA
City fails to make a profit — financial backer brought in LOSANGELES
Clued as 'moving with the speed of light', no two ways about it CULDESAC
Count this as a bonus roll or omen of misfortune? THIRTEENTH
Cult of victory died in the Olympics, symbol­ically dismantled and curtailed VOODOO
Doctors slaving to secure end of the controller SVENGALI
Don't intend to upset excellent water container? MEAN
Drunk with hot love WINO
Fiery Kate, female one has to break TAKEFIVE
Ginger beer tip: goes off when infiltrated by rain? ROGERS
Maybe Jethro Tull takes little time to make a hit album THRILLER
Meet with disaster, provoking demon on cue COMEUNDONE
Moorish town, sort with connecting line ILKLEY
Clues Answers
Mysteries have the power to break a god ARCANA
Present and past spot for pitch SEESAW
Preserve Scottish dynasty without independence HAIN
Pub crowd rely on getting drunk HOSTELRY
Put on a performance of Ran with relative incis­ion FLAUNTED
Reduce in number, as something that's spotted and rotten DIEOFF
Research centre lists consumer items EATABLES
Rest after removing entrance to dams OTHERS
See 10 WELL
Sexless city gent choreographed ballet role CYGNET
Sort of oil — a mess all over earth SESAME
Substantial but not with significant age EIGHTY
The man full of nonsense rejected chief bishop EPARCH
Try the northern-style holiday — agony! HEARTBREAK