The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,379 - Nov 29 2001

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Away support in the wilds OUTBACK
Bloom's monster swallowing rage, almost HYDRANGEA
Covering people with dung is reasonable COMPOSMENTIS
Dog inducing shepherd's delight? REDSETTER
Drink returned amid expression of contempt for perk FREEBIE
Examiner, one holding up drunk male driver TESTOSTERONE
Financial arrangement reportedly held in bond TRUST
Forgive poet admitting backward look to verse ABSOLVE
Free ride cancelled at outset of long journey LIFTOFF
Get both sides all out, producing a no-win situation? CATCHTWENTYTWO
Giant periodical covering game MAGOG
Identify one god and goddess ISOLATE
It's unique, on average, in man NONPAREIL
Mean to crack the number of the games console NINTENDO
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Old region revisited by boatman GONDOLIER
One girl crashed into former Liberal at the roundabout WHIRLIGIG
Pause for popular pest cut short INTERMIT
Ruse for getting the last bit of vinegar into the seafood WRINKLE
Singers bound head to foot ALTOS
Small plant may look lively EYEBRIGHT
Some of its sculptors obviously can't do heads TORSO
Spain's slender golden girl ELEANOR
Take the fizz out of the painter DEGAS
Tales of heartless sunbeam in the ascendant YARNS
Tetchy allusion common in academic writing CROSSREFERENCE
The shape of decay MOULD
Two sorts of vermin gaining energy from fertiliser NITRATE
Unproductive-sounding title BARON