The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,645 - Oct 8 2002

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'pon my soul! 'e left out poor Tom Jones, for example EPONYMOUS
A-bomb survivor: his cry of surprise rings round Azerbaijan's capital HIBAKUSHA
Actor with an E concession GRANT
Ancient staff rights in your old country THYRSUS
Argue wildly about doctor with spleen that is taken UMBRAGE
Aspen shaking head of bog myrtle TREMBLY
Atheistic zoologist was kind to solvers DAWKINS
Buckaroo's Brahmin bonnet COWPOKE
But Ophelia didn't get here in order to obey Hamlet NUNNERY
Can't stand English bowlers around? HATES
Creating Disneyland ?- and not in old Lincolnshire LINDSEY
Creator of 'Virgin and Child' (after British artist and knight) BRANSON
Cult figure when observed during the day MASON
Demonises characters in state capital DESMOINES
Easy metal target CUSHY
Expressions of agreement about Dutch collaborator in South Pacific RODGERS
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Flea bit you twice, say? Bad as Foster's dreamer! BEAUTIFUL
Generator's output in revs per minute SPERM
Geographer saying: 'Cut and can it' HAKLUYT
Gives a leg up when society sits around ASSISTS
He crusaded with 1 down, 5, 9, 12, 17, 18, 20, 22 and 24 RICHARD
Lawrence Reagan's occupation TENANCY
Make Peter sadly attend all the lectures KEEPATERM
March maid accepts it in friendship AMITY
Might his KO stymie new contenders? MIKETYSON
Modern writing includes a literary anthropomorphist ADAMS
Name the wheel-bound king: not I, Mr President NIXON
Skill of the Ettrick Shepherd? His literacy had its uses HOGGART
Splitting heads with the French eminence NOBLENESS
Stop filming with a single light out CUTANDRUN
Team turns to replace United in future match FIXTURE
Was his Danube as blue as his Levis? STRAUSS