The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,979 - Nov 4 2003

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Clues Answers
A quiet farm with house for Peggy ASHCROFT
A simple herb I fancy to be perennial IMPERISHABLE
A trail churned up by a horse catcher LARIAT
Angry about gear found in water IRRIGATE
Authorised new driver to get nasty LAWFUL
Be upright with legs apart, or mess about with darts instead STANDASTRIDE
Came across a can containing nothing in the bottom FOUNDATION
Can hug getting out of bed LOCKUP
Composer to ask about Rattle's introduction BERG
Cooked hash set all solid - must be long-standing ASOLDASTHEHILLS
Fellow sailor says Blair wants his tea stirred round SHIPMATE
Framework of iron case rebuilt SCENARIO
Fruit tree for community leader ELDER
Governor puts messy oil rag in front of church OLIGARCH
Clues Answers
It's plain: a road follower must turn round TUNDRA
Mischievous when the month starts late ARCH
Molested us in a bunk ABUSED
Negative put next to green light in cubbyhole NOOK
Net kept in loch for accessibility NEARNESS
One who get moving with King-Ace-King RACER
Paid attention and fibbed about a machine gun LISTENED
Pop concert: one was played by Leslie Caron GIGI
Senility makes chief magistrate display thanks DOTAGE
Small rodent to stop and think about a hole FIELDMOUSE
Stopping: not out to prolong outdoor hobby FINISHING
Talk affectedly at me first about the fruit mixture MINCEMEAT
Undergarment conceals, to a certain extent, a boob HALFSLIP