The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,131 - Feb 13 2001

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Clues Answers
Basic urge to turn crude about proposal LIBIDO
Compound church capital CHROME
Copper sheet without a peak CULMINATE
Course of events? RACETRACK
Crop grown at a location in Africa NATAL
Earth's one smooth time PLANET
Flier uses rod and line SPARROW
Game involving a West Indian CARIB
Game plan's to play in spasms TACTICS
Gasteropod taking right line WRINKLE
Heel rushed 'is cocktail SIDECAR
Mark rating an insect SCARAB
Minor way's curbing major attack BROADSIDE
Monarchs having a bit of a laugh at one's colour KHAKI
Not the first to spot tar in liquor APPLEJACK
Oddly, I cross out excellent customers CLIENTELE
Clues Answers
Old menial beating big gong MEDALLION
Oriental turn of phrase SHERPA
Perch the marsupial way ROOST
Pertinent when not cooped up in gunpowder NITRE
Place to make one bitter? BREWERY
Power group's 10-1 bet nearly comes up CABINET
Respond to trace elements REACT
Rustic fruit tree CITRUS
Spot of darkness? BLACKHEAD
Stick to instructions to place commercial ADHERE
Tell off English ruler over German set-up REBUKE
They knock internal treatment THERAPY
Thing to cut out centre one and put in spice CORIANDER
Tube containing a coin DUCAT
Well-informed article(s) AWARE
Where there's often a gap in character formation STENCIL