The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,982 - Aug 21 2000

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Clues Answers
A mother for the first orphan? ADAM
A strapless top is a mistake on the Underground BOOBTUBE
Charm one's way in ENTRANCE
Christmas visitors can include one conjuror MAGICIAN
Example set by the ancients, maybe INSTANCE
Godly foe disposed to be reactionary OLDFOGEY
He's against accepting royalties REPUBLICAN
Hemingway or Sterne, perhaps ERNEST
In error, since I'm not all-knowing OMNISCIENT
Just open - so have a glass of ale AJAR
Lemons and melons may come from here LEMNOS
Lincoln died sleeping? Apparently so ABED
Lose wind when seeking muddy shoal in Cheshire estuary DEFLATE
Music of the Depression? THEBLUES
Clues Answers
Nuts? You'll need these CRACKERS
Old man's period for diversion PASTIME
Possibly spy on fashionable medium PSYCHIC
Potency of port half an hour later VIGOUR
Property gets one thousand short of estimate ESTATE
Proverbially it implies madness OUTOFSIGHT
Reproduction of a man's oil painting MONALISA
She may out pantihose, but not net SOPHIA
Smoking jacket? REEFER
Tenant in the French diocese LESSEE
The sort ready to compose something impressive? TYPESET
Tugboat? LUGGER
Was it designed for handicapped drivers? GOLFCOURSE
Worker provides assistance HAND