The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,949 - Sep 30 2003

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Clues Answers
Adherent's mainstay - one set of holy books PROPONENT
Alluring, full of Eastern sparkle GLEAM
America backing old tribe in Africa SUDAN
Deputy union man faces endless distress NUMBERTWO
Dish bringing torment to little fellow TIMBALE
Doctor's pronouncement - take time off for a bit MODICUM
Does prohibition-buster have the ability to provide a conduit for trade? CANAL
Fool in part of trench nearest enemy SAPHEAD
Getting better? No, the opposite, when it comes to those people facing death ONTHEMEND
Go, start off, with green clearly observable OVERT
Gordon? Crooked, but keeping clear of all charges BENNETT
Gross charlatan taking in Europe's foremost financier GRESHAM
Harmful creature given a shout of disapproval - object of fear BUGABOO
Hormone can make one get so randy, initially OESTROGEN
Clues Answers
Horror brought by low grade - extra study required DREAD
Instant deals negotiated somewhere in New York STATENISLAND
Looking like a star with stuff in show? The opposite STELLATE
Most religious? Not one English composer HOLST
National upheaval as a recipe for creating emigre? REGIMECHANGE
Old fossils, who caused trouble to the Israelites? AMMONITES
One desiring solitude - magnificent but ultimately twisted GRETA
One may find a way through this book ROADMAP
Punitive action to restrict duke is what egalitarians want REDISTRIBUTION
Run away from salons seen to be terrible PARLOUS
Salt mixed in a gelatin ALGINATE
Stop one half of an internal passage? SEMICOLON
TV critic who shocked many - and not all fusty nannies TYNAN
Undo the side nut somehow to get at the side SOUTHENDUNITED