The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,143 - Feb 27 2001

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After a second, playwright embraces small old maid SPINSTER
Amphibian exposes speech hindrance behind centre BULLFROG
Being sturdy, go off to catch the bus ROBUST
Committee meeting in heaven without dishonesty ABOVEBOARD
Compost getting covered up DRESSING
Crook and son bound to be open all hours, perhaps? CORNERSHOP
Demon alcohol? SPIRIT
Does he give a guarantee when dressed in black? UNDERTAKER
Dry, needing a beer badly? Then use your loaf RYEBREAD
European Community taking refuge in cake ECLAIR
Ground for growing red oranges, maybe ROSEGARDEN
Look for Bill in a lazy way, with sourness ACIDLY
Mimic joins company at the pier COPIER
Neither Orville nor Wilbur is wrong, we hear WRIGHT
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No 1 tin soldier standing up, firing IGNITION
Not known in cafe, then put out penniless BANKRUPT
Partisan could be an ambitious person ASPIRANT
Poet found in waterless hole DRYDEN
Pupil in drab jacket, being wrong age to cry GREYCOAT
Restriction of free speech about money is a punishment GATING
Say no to judge with advantage REFUSE
Scrupulous person wraps a pound in an adhesive label STICKLER
Stop being bloody soft! REDLIGHT
Type nearly all of it, Alice ITALIC
Uncontrolled road movement means finally fooling around SKIDDING
White man's in white robe and in love ALBINO
Whoredom causes Henry to go round a lot HARLOTRY
Young reporter holds her beautiful child CHERUB