The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,333 - Dec 23 2004

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American bum, say, with top-notch African weapon ASSEGAI
Anomalous accent in which first letter's dropped ROGUE
Antichristian breed embraced by Spanish saint SARACEN
Apple, or purveyor thereof to teacher? PUPIL
Bar's to bar drunken poets ESTOP
Battered hat with blemish at a funny angle ATHWART
Ceremonial soldier's electronic exploit in the drink BEEFEATER
Dead river, or the merest trickle DRIBBLE
Deny getting help to go up in estimation REPUDIATE
Emerging with a whiff of sodium? NASCENT
Flower absorbing source of metallic element GERMANIUM
Furious at being born in mid-assault RABID
Grass production reportedly preserved spirit TINDRUM
Gun turned on North American star REGULUS
Honour accorded to a king supplies cautionary signal AMBER
I had earmarked the lady, as a Londoner might say, for cover EIDERDOWN
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Imaginarily innocent period? INFANCY
Is quoted backwards about being non-specifically religious DEISTIC
Kingsley's playing for sacerdotal approbation BENISON
Like running water, perhaps, left by snake as a gesture of friendship? HANDCLASP
Meet incongruously, in reversed roles, with local guide STREETMAP
Modify or pass on disease across line INFLECT
Not initially sad about Cuban export CIGAR
Old garment adopted by government leader after call from Moss, say CRYPTOGAM
Sign points to sorceress's residence ENDORSE
Spain's opening fixture EVENT
Suddenly meet dog eating duck's head COLLIDE
The support one received as an innovator PIONEER
Time to ban recycled music in shops, say AMBIENT
Tripe eater dropping a faulty 3 PRETERITE
Woman following deduction cracks solution LYNETTE
Wound up finding one score halved and another gutted TENSE