The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,002 - Dec 1 2003

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Clues Answers
A beater for those who carry the guns? DRUMMERBOY
A blow to Wilde's initial enthusiasm GUSTO
A drink that the darts player needs DOUBLE
A number in Malaga out to form a union AMALGAM
A portion's spread out to kill vermin RATPOISON
A quarter past twelve and not a soul to be seen NOONE
Brief notes jazz fans raised with the censor STACCATO
Capacity to get on after bitterness? GALLON
Caught boy getting dressed CLAD
Don's best port? ROSTOV
Fire stations? HEARTHS
Firm has deficit - one in large figures COLOSSI
Flattery works with neighbours, for example SOAPOPERA
Foreign girls who drop in after marriage SIGNORINAS
Generally having a regional accent? BROADLYSPEAKING
Clues Answers
He gives his companions a hand DEALER
Just open for a drink AJAR
Little land is left to the East ISLE
Maintained unusual tidiness INSISTED
No-hoper set out, beyond recovery ONTHEROPES
Point to eradicate or delete ERASE
Porter right on his toes ALERT
Resolve us in another way OURSELVES
Secret American resort INCAMERA
Taxi runs into a horse - ghastly! MACABRE
The Spanish, say, take time out to find a deputy DELEGATE
Their quarters are combed for food BEES
Vital accessory for high-fliers OXYGENMASK
Vocalists who scale the heights YODELLERS