The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,072 - Dec 4 2000

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Clues Answers
A man who's proposed? NOMINEE
A precaution against deflation SPARETYRE
Acts as executor - some teachers want to BEHEADS
Attractive bars MAGNETS
Breeding place for germs, perhaps INCUBATOR
Case Len resolved to clear up CLEANSE
Chip bar? COUNTER
Desert inn providing meal service DINNERSET
Desert people engaged in fierce competition RATRACE
Dishing out for a party SHINDIG
Experience state interference TASTE
French military cover SHAKO
He's game CRIPPLE
I can report it improved, doctor PRACTITIONER
Clues Answers
It may reveal hidden charges MINEDETECTOR
It was heaven on earth while it lasted GARDENOFEDEN
Notices deployed military group SECTION
Now is the time to use this PRESENTTENSE
Penguin noted by Beethoven EMPEROR
People engaged in a welcome correspondence AGREEMENT
Preacher makes pleas to convert APOSTLE
Publish and I p-prosecute! ISSUE
Put in - or shut out ENCLOSE
Regular soldier? ORDERLY
They count for nothing NOUGHTS
Troops didn't finish the course REGIMEN
Unusual spite shown by the French in a letter EPISTLE
Wild goose yarn? SKEIN