The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,985 - Nov 11 2003

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Clues Answers
... blue sort of clue DOWN
Alfred the Great's exceptional home economics report? VERYWELL
Ally during controversial US conflict briefly seeing what was used in it NAPALM
Balfour's first novel abused by smears BEDAUBS
Bend on road to Lancaster, for example WARPLANE
Bit of a gut for Goon (pronounced) CAECUM
Bottom (not ticks ...) BUTTOCKS
Brussels fanatic almost given the chop: operation cancelled, though his wasn't EUNUCH
Change to be topless: twelve topless shows extravagance LUXURY
Day nothing changed? NIGHT
Diversion to the left, I'm across, nearly up, then ... ANTICLIMAX
Dog killer captures Rex CAIRN
Embrace popular Swedish product curtailed, back to massage INVOLVE
Fruit and bread wrapped in parcels, distributed CRABAPPLES
Clues Answers
Gas about, talk incoherently and make message unintelligible SCRAMBLE
Instrument, one with register RECORDER
Non-U commendation about pain given to study of antiquities EGYPTOLOGY
Number after kinky fun, as free UNFASTEN
Order in force demonstrating commitment PROMISE
Part of pound - I mean part of dollar DIME
Piano with E# (accidental), possibly PERHAPS
Rock once found beside quite a few strata LAYERS
Run to show all right when beset by cut STREAK
See 18 DONE
Slip without leader into recess APSE
Strong desire to make dark hairdo more light-headed, we hear APHRODISIA
Wee weeing PIDDLING
Wreck shoe, turn grey SABOTAGE