The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,324 - Sep 26 2001

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... writer, Adler's alias, surrounded by birds CHARLES
25's son-in-law obliged to run into horse-race BOUNDERBY
A load of French snails CARGO
Agriculture only possible for younger people? TILLAGE
Awfully angered ENRAGED
Buddy ornament for old city amid ships FLEURET
Composer for the single harmonica LEHAR
Cross about bungled raid? Make it clear IRRADIATE
Crosses alternative shotgun out NOUGHTS
Eleventh hour landing in the sea? LASTDITCH
French tea, nuts and porridge, less thrilling to Wordsworth THECUCKOOBIRD
Grace Darling's tree CEDAR
I lost out entering poem consisting of letters EPISTOLIC
Information: I'm not sure when I heard it ... DATUM
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Invigilate lines in Old English OVERSEE
Letters to 'Dear Smith' by ... HARDTIMES
Not getting anywhere hot, lined off with percussion INTHEDOLDRUMS
Nothing but stones (Spooner's slow speech expressing irony) DRYWALL
Protagonist of 13 gets new grid, about 1,000 pounds GRADGRIND
Quarrelled with news-papermen among these CROSSEDSWORDS
See 11 URBAN
See 14 DICKENS
Smoke rising tragically without account CIGAR
Soul is not immortal, I allege, and memory is included AVERROISM
Stag at bingo, would-be seducer in 13 HARTHOUSE
Take to backing a mindless operator ROBOT
Very funny comedian marked on map with 9 KILLINGFIELDS
Wearing Sikh headgear, monarch comes in between cities INTER