The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,889 - May 4 2000

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Clues Answers
Agrees with point composer accepts TALLIES
Aid to cleanliness to put a chap off? DETERGENT
Arise from name brought up at first encounter EMANATE
Article about ancient city by head teacher (No.666) THEBEAST
Behold the animal's swallowing back tooth! MOLAR
By arrangement meant some to enter flat APARTMENT
Condition found in forest at eventide ESTATE
Eastern tea mixture helps one to find one's bearings ORIENTATE
Encountered backward training test TEMPT
Forger makes this minor change IRONSMITH
Gain by violence from old wrong EXTORT
Get really cross at barber's carelessness! FOAMATTHEMOUTH
Great beast seen by the two people round eastern border BEHEMOTH
Listens to Lear rambling outside after order for final run through DRESSREHEARSAL
Clues Answers
Motown singer to love Italian red ROSSO
Observe with gravity girl through telescope, perhaps EYEGLASS
Plant meets disaster in song ARTEMESIA
Political opportunist has apparently lost weight TRIMMER
Raincoat with its inside messed up with putty MASTIC
Remarks of a financial nature, perhaps NOTES
Robin's song with modern tune? ADAIR
Stop paper using old army signalling equipment FIELDTELEGRAPH
Sun turns it into a good conductor SOLTI
The French marine 'not out 0' against the Russian poet LERMONTOV
Top child turn has fitting round back TEETOTUM
Utter immorality spoils man as high flier AIRVICEMARSHAL
Wan child in loose overcoat PALETOT
Weapon standard rising? That's right! RAPIER