The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,723 - Jan 9 2003

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Clues Answers
'Abandon plane!' is not, perhaps, necessary JETTISON
A novice getting up to strip for the washerwoman LAUNDRESS
Adjusting balance with extra decoration TRIMMING
Aim straight DIRECT
Arouse opposition, if one's a giant on the move ANTAGONISE
Bird getting in a twist KNOT
Could possibly, we hear, make a small contribution MITE
Fabric of legal importance MATERIAL
Fashionable friend doing time? INMATE
Making sure of ecclesiastical rite CONFIRMATION
Many take a break at the summit CREST
Nervous structure of team with celebrity GANGLION
One rejecting old coin DENIER
One's admitting turning into flowers ACONITES
Clues Answers
Part of these isles reflected in their eyes EIRE
Pinter play I would see without fear INTREPID
Relative is up to rest being broken SISTER
Sets out for America STATES
Showed cad tied in knots INDICATED
Stargazer or moon-starer, possibly ASTRONOMER
Status of a sailor RATING
Taken in by famous editor USED
The golfer's problem? HANDICAP
Thought seriously about ten Cretan cod CONCENTRATED
Union taking share of dowry MARRIAGEPORTION
Watch over instructions REMIT
Wild animal read about in port, perhaps PREDATOR