The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,479 - Mar 28 2002

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Clues Answers
... deceitfully appealing for a handout LAGNIAPPE
Aim gun and fire - unacceptable maybe, but it makes you look big MAGNIFIER
Big apple - the Queen gets one in Kenya NYERI
Cancer - perhaps it's not right to talk about it TOPIC
Cryptic clue: go and get a drink LANGUEDOC
Fighting man's happy to stir up a riot GLADIATOR
Jailing fascists caught in specious activity? CONFINING
Like worms, Nicodemus couldn't believe them EARTHLYTHINGS
Making good check on publication REINSTATEMENT
No driver may proceed on change to green PASSENGER
One needs to be in form to inform TEACH
One of the family given quarter in French resort NIECE
One who owed anything for lack of liquidity DROUGHT
Poor deputy leader's rise and decline DROOP
Clues Answers
Port rebuilt with new part ANTWERP
Prone to deceit ... LYING
Publication with IT facility - ring for help in starting MAGNETO
Puzzled in field of maths due for revision INTRIGUED
Role to perform daily before royalty, given leave CHARACTERPART
Surrender to more French spoken over English EXTRADITE
Teatime's around four - or five? ROUGHESTIMATE
Tree sheltering sward - why, they say, threatened with the chop? TRELAWNEY
Tries afresh at a second attempt RESIT
Vehicle to avoid? DODGE
Vision of ecstasy in a drop of the hard stuff DREAM
Wind up with English meals TEASE
With a jail sentence no man gets the rope TIMENOGUY
Worked hard and got dirty GRAFTED