The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,855 - Jun 12 2003

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Clues Answers
'English trees' provides solution EYEWASH
'Release the Whitechapel Three' ... FREE
... as Arabs may be, here? BASRA
A 3 a 2 they say? REVENGE
A letter's read out to placate APPEASE
Bay is not bay when at sea BOTANY
Boy backing into girl with soup JULIENNE
Brown, soft soap FAWN
China and Cuba on stony ground CROCKERY
Cover provided by staff in bar SCREWTOP
Discharge from space sounded RHEUM
Drunk teenager's drink GREENTEA
East Londoner's to once more consider turning criminal KNIFER
European river drowning many trees TIMBER
Clues Answers
Loaded question about movement of late WEALTHY
Near thing topped off NIGH
Open course or open snack, perhaps? SANDWICH
Pain in Chirac's brain? FRENCHLOAF
Preparation for documents once Spooner's transporting luggage SEALINGWAX
Principal tree lacks origin ARCH
Punishment that's capital to a point SENTENCE
Round a hundred, old man CHUBBY
Setter's bloodless skewer IMPALE
She has a certain charm, as Shakespeare would say HATHAWAY
Sport 'Times' featured in spring report BOXING
Tree died amid party nonsense BALDERDASH
Variable value makes requital variable QUARTILE
Very particular language beats lucid translation SUBDIALECT