The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,768 - Mar 3 2003

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A bluff, upstanding moralist AESOP
A poet's shillyshallying? NOYES
A political leader was complimentary and that's valued APPRAISED
A woman, going to extremes, gets flat EVENS
A word used among master mariners TERM
Article included in wages in the Philippines PANAY
Break down ANALYSE
Compel the dunderhead to split DRIVE
Currently in operation SWITCHEDON
Demanding quality STERNNESS
Deny a gem's being reset for the waiting youth GANYMEDES
Dispute as daughter is told to go DISSENT
Double-dealing, but aren't so bad TREASON
He wrote of war and special forces with dispatch SASSOON
Hint there's a credibility gap SUSPICION
In spring many make economies SKIMP
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Left to fill in, gave voice in inappropriate language SLANG
Live bear ABIDE
Look again at cutback in army personnel and secret weapon REEXAMINE
Name darts-playing artisan TRADESMAN
One who's asked to peer in it may well get upset PETITIONER
One's repeatedly running water ISIS
Only men retreat MONASTERY
Quite mouthwatering - but gets a pip in by accident APPETISING
Reached high to marry, taking in royalty TOWERED
Really vain, to be blunt POINTLESS
Reason for strengthening attachment? ABSENCE
Second child's slip-up SKID
Spot for English scout ESPY
The branches overhead ANTLERS
They'll eliminate faltering fool without hesitation ERASERS
To put it another way, the letters appear rash PARAPHRASE