The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,330 - Oct 3 2001

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Clues Answers
Appropriate celebrity's alias NICKNAME
Audio equipment for master class HEADSET
Bid to admit woman to skin treatment centre TANNERY
Bug-watching points to magic herb keeping energy up ENTOMOLOGY
Cut out or included lay EXORCISE
Died in control of explosive mixture POWDER
Drunken Scottish soldiers vote for abuse to the optically challenged FOUREYES
Idiosyncratic boy king first in ring PERSONAL
Island getting a bit of a battering ERIN
Journalist given chop HACK
Leaks from the second city BLEEDS
Low-lifers about to go off with small bag SCROTUM
Man of faith welcoming male ruler SHEIKH
Minor noble about to win common folk with special offers here BARGAINBASEMENT
Clues Answers
My turn to pursue musical backing that''s onomatopoeic IMITATIVE
Nasal complaint of the fool in Iris Murdoch's last novel RHINITIS
Oaf carrying clout, perhaps - thanks to his wealth? PLUTOCRAT
Old Marshal storing quiet energy to make a cautious advance TIPTOE
One bitter about ironclad perk FREEBIE
Ramshackle rendition of 'Romeo, Romeo!' by Juliet JERRYBUILT
Report from the Fringe BANG
Ridiculous token male with unlimited cash is to declare in interest STAKEONESCLAIM
Smaller group's early years MINORITY
Smart girl prompt to take note CUTIE
Tartini corrupted (the louse!) by one heretic or another ANTITRINITARIAN
Telephone secures new tool pack for seaside attraction BLACKPOOLTOWER
Tuesday in Paris mostly given over to a drop of Scotch DRAM
Uninspiring, beginning to drop behind DREAR