The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,456 - Mar 1 2002

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Clues Answers
(and 9) 'As in the lowly air of _____ ' ('Iolanthe', or Ballesteros Island eruption) SEVEN
1,000 former railwaymen right for expulsion from 22 KNURR
Barak saw him off to haunt any English settlement NETANYAHU
Birdman of Alcatraz, initially you say, bound to escape! AUDUBON
Britten's river circles Lake Geneva, on dit: that should make a German dance! ALLEMANDE
Canvas backing supporting 'Medea's Elegy' EASEL
Did she survive slaughter as a tsarina right away? ANASTASIA
Dressing boat at Oxford? KETCHUP
Explosive component of Ulster on time? On the contrary NITRE
H-he composed 'The Unanswered Question': that's rash! HIVES
Having 'nooky' places, Miss Montez embraced copper and king LOCULAR
His morals were fabulous AESOP
Host got up for this ELEVATION
In being quick ALIVE
Let's face it - it's barred! MUSIC
Live over in Edson Arantes do Nascimento's Royal Burgh PEEBLES
Clues Answers
Mariner's neckwear acclaimed at the 19th hole? ALBATROSS
Match crime with punishment? ARSON
Meant him to change name to court celebrity TIMHENMAN
Miss Rigby once noted in Aquitaine? ELEANOR
Mobile harbour here ALABAMA
No Poppy Days after these conflicts? OPIUMWARS
Nouveau roman of wretched Levantine, going East for love ANTINOVEL
Old Peruvian potentate writing two articles about Utah's poor mountain climbing ATAHUALPA
One of the singing sisters of Sir Sidney? NOLAN
Over one after another in care ATANEND
Purify lost soul in the water of Wales DELOUSE
Safe from Sky TV for children BLUEPETER
See 26 DIALS
Take my place awhile, it's enchanting SPELL
Terrible type leading advance, left to court celebrity IVANLENDL
Volume One: 'Be Prepared for Sexploitation' BLUEMOVIE