The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,847 - Apr 1 2016

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A person helping you over your loss of interest APATHY
After a false start, eat out without inter­ruption ATASTRETCH
Corps' senior general last to deploy bombs ROYALENGINEERS
Crock shoots lots of elephants, say POTS
Distinctive character of bird artist captured TRAIT
Doctrine is compromising freedom to act DISCRETION
Extremely rare, expensive clothes in industrial plant REFINERY
Fighting disrupts work meeting in cave BEWARE
Having a rest, keeping very still with us ALIVE
Job to which poor performers are taken TASK
Joke the nervous get WINDUP
Knight risked capturing Stuart queen BANNERET
Loved pace: certain to get an innings TREASURED
Make unwelcome appearance hurriedly, as gatecrashing REARITSUGLYHEAD
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Periodically, after Ge ... like this ASFOLLOWS
Promised place, commonly equivocated PLEDGED
Relaxed, prepared for another shot REPOSED
Relinquish, for example, being open to one worry constantly SIGNAWAY
Respecting footballers leaving new house ASTO
Retreat being awful to contemplate, finally advancing a position HIDEOUT
Satellite phone is shut CALLISTO
See 1 HERD
Senior administrator's weakness, to risk register being rejected VICECHANCELLOR
Shop, perhaps as a means to express emotions OUTLET
Slyly peeking at bear browsing SHOULDERSURFING
Taking minimum time in celebration of French produce? BRIEFEST
Turn somersault before degree is taken PILFERED
Where climber may be trained in mountain, terrifying figure returning PERGOLA