The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,504 - Apr 26 2002

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Clues Answers
'Darling, there's nothing in the ground' BELOVED
A military band? ARMLET
Banter is damaging in time BADINAGE
Being extreme MORTAL
Boy heads for the navy JOHN
Delicate kind of finish? EGGSHELL
Dry area used once by camels? AIRFIELD
Excessive fondness shown in the first year and many more thereafter DOTAGE
Free cures made with drug RESCUE
Go on and on about cake WAFFLE
Hanging on the forehead FRONTAL
Here one blows in from the North Sea EASTERLY
Its shadow was a sign of the times GNOMON
Larks of Arcadia? AMUSEMENTS
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Led in and sued her for distortion USHERED
Mavis in prison? BIRD
Numbers used in gas scale ANALGESICS
Part of the Admiralty Arch HEAD
See gross abuse when they terrify children OGRESSES
Taxes! They can be harmonised STRAINS
The full crew sounds salute COMPLEMENT
The month before last NOVEMBER
The result of being stoned HANGOVER
The ridge in the middle at Lord's? CREASE
Vessels in river block up FLOWERPOTS
Vole emerging from desert after rain WATERRAT
Where bolting is normal, yet exceptional JAIL
Wilderness of dead, derelict trees DESERT