The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,252 - Jul 4 2001

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Clues Answers
... and no transport turns up for painter BACON
... one tramload could be awkward ... MALADROIT
A group of spectators not right in the cooking area! GALLEY
Back scores: one known for shooting STEN
Centre minds to settle for good judgement DISCERNMENT
Empty tray holding rum drink TODDY
Fight continued to the finish CONTEND
Function? To preserve a cushy job! SINECURE
Graduates's research station returns the ointment BALSAM
Half county's transport one dismissed as a financial burden ... SURTAX
Indecisive boundary row BORDERLINE
Make ready for sailing while in dock TRIM
Man in defiance is becoming more obscure DARKENING
Nitre - active or passive? INERT
Clues Answers
Notice the formal letter allowing entry ADMISSIVE
Old transport for the chop? TUMBREL
One we get to return in different ways: an attendant STEWARD
Perform mathematical task and get in tangle with estimate INTEGRATE
Recommend a defender ADVOCATE
Roads meet in confusion round the North; they can improve things EMENDATORS
Showing mettle - or metal? STEELY
Smooth flow of language, or a mistake? SLIPOFTHETONGUE
The inventor left a little something MORSEL
The town's team, they say CREWE
TNT - as in explosive flash INSTANT
What one goes back to at the drawing-board? BASICS
Work without security on locks for sirens TEMPTRESSES
Young sprouts in the salad? MUSTARDANDCRESS