The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,534 - May 31 2002

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Clues Answers
A flower that's yellow and black, say, is given a prize BUTTERCUP
Athlone is a source of alcohol ETHANOL
Ball thrown by essayist may be found in bed LOBELIA
Bridge player taking unorthodox part NORTH
Byers' sell-out affected current transport TROLLEYBUSES
Capital leads to totalitarian bourgeois imperialism losing its social infrastructure TBILISI
Capital sum a lender's first withdrawn from Italy, or Monaco? PRINCIPALITY
Champions of the aristocracy TITLEHOLDERS
Conductor exposed in the Sun with a couple of timpanists SOLTI
Dismay about curtailed increase in salary review APPRAISAL
Docile and quiet subject PLIABLE
Driver missing in military action WAGONER
Gear in street and lane, not an item in an alley SKITTLE
Henry left Theresa outside - that's not appreciated THANKLESS
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In a perfect world I do business and play alternately IDEALLY
Magnificent tree planted by newspaper employee SUBLIME
Medicine found by little girl on a lorry CATHARTIC
Medicine was our bond, we hear LINCTUS
Mourning song at start and end of evensong in cathedral ELEGY
Puppets making pledges PAWNS
Record leads to Lohengrin's original German libretto LOGBOOK
Saint in front of station inside the city walls SWITHIN
Saint with first-class return for the country ALBANIA
Shaving the head is in fashion, certainly TONSURE
Test acid user, possibly given a quick fix? RESUSCITATED
Timeless weapons for military commanders SHOGUNS
Top bowler? SPINNER
What designer has put into slit dress? RAIMENT