The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,689 - Sep 29 2015

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... 'And not an abnormal occurrence!' NOR
A single representative Yorkshire river to be polluted IMPURE
A tame role I resolve to improve AMELIORATE
Animal found by watering hole caught in tangled 2 net ELEPHANT
Berlin havoc got round with offer of reconciliation OLIVEBRANCH
Contradicted the falsehood implicated in plot BELIED
Criminal is left alone ITSELF
Crude first remark to finish with an exclamation of disgust ROUGH
Eccentric journalist went to extremes to cover up WHACKO
English author has deadline subverted by deadly rival DANIELDEFOE
Exploiting equal like one totally left in charge PARASITIC
Facelift very hard to engineer for tortured romantic hero HEATHCLIFF
Finally heads are gonna roll following 1 SEAL
German writer sadly no longer following 1 GRASS
He is distinctly superior — heads off everyone else from Everton? TOFFEE
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It provides only limited cover for what a driver needs SPEEDO
It runs schools, so the yarn goes LEA
It typically hangs onto its West African branches to put by accumulated cash POTTO
Left at the altar saying, in Venice: ... LIDO
Mistakes discovered by 21 in time ERRATA
No shock having this world's eventual finish on track EARTHWIRE
Out only when facing the bowling ONSTRIKE
Players found in gainful employment following 1 CASTLE
Reptile in empty state swallowing a whole game bird IGUANA
Said to be averse to GBS abroad OFFSHORE
Special treatment for setter perhaps, prior to reprimand REDCARPET
Speech containing nothing sounding like regret for following 1 SHREW
Straight used car improperly disposed of from converted terraced house HETERO
Suffice to see very small amounts in range DOLOMITES
Sweet old relative involved in facing frantic race against time FRAGRANT