The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,321 - Dec 9 2004

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... on which the home counties are composed SEDATE
1 across should do so, with disastrous consequences? COMEHOMETOROOST
A drop on the way to the drain, say GUTTA
A fabric as you like? ATWILL
Coming up in Rome,3 and 6 TREVI
Complaint of West Side girl about US city MALARIA
Constrained to go to bed with Gila monster OBLIGATED
Deer - tha'sh a shame! WAPITI
Fish for bird PERCH
Marsupial to work with large amount OPOSSUM
Mobile parts of traditional sermon TEXTMESSAGE
Not a member in sight? Well I'm blessed! LIMB
Paint with quality sharpener OILSTONE
Roving detectives take a day to turn up NOMADIC
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Seamen worry airmen twice with energy and tender loving care MERCANTILE
See 13 LESS
See 14 MARINE
Slab, board, list? It ends in a square THREETIMESTABLE
Sound beast carrying rubbish carrier ORTHODOX
Surgery for the listener? KEYHOLE
Talk of genuine computer system the high point of the island TROODOS
The smart money, not much of it in the county, isn't taking the risk CHICKENSOUT
The whole lot? Far from it NOTABIT
Utility as concern of urology? WATERWORKS
Vegetable with no date's a date ... KALENDS
West's out of season, getting put into a hole INTER
West's turned it to a Dream part - your first? TIMOTHY
Writer goes first to the forest ISHERWOOD