The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,690 - Sep 14 1999

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25 of knitted jumper TREEFROG
A beast of burden is the first to help ASSIST
A bird - or, to put it another way, birds SKUA
A bird has to mount it TOMTIT
An eccentric breeds rats for birds REDBREASTS
Bird in town centre going round to cinema providing animal shelter WOODPIGEON
Bird may be hitch for hikers SHRIKE
Bird seen on migration in Tresco? SCOTER
Bird seen on street in pushchair STROLLER
Bird with belly-ache GROUSE
Birds presented with bill for geranium CRANES
Couple at work have sex COPULATE
Giddy dove circling another bird in the air OVERHEAD
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Girl's three articles ANTHEA
Hare-brained puss in pigpen SCATTY
It's characteristic of a twitcher to follow the author of 'The Raven' describing 'The Raven' POETIC
Kill two birds with one stone - that includes birds' birthplace NEST
Mockingbird with lyre-shaped tail RAILLERY
Outstanding feature of scenery - as well as mountain-top circled by bird LANDMARK
River in southern highlands floods DROWNS
Ruth or Rachel's first bird REGRET
Space traveller revealed by start of oscillation in measuring instrument METEOR
Spice Girls' debut, having first met UN Assembly NUTMEG
What Elvis sang about - and where, too WOODENHEART
Wine for a bird CANARY
Wrong note in port for seabird HERRINGGULL