The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,357 - Jan 21 2005

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Clues Answers
'House Detectives' episode starts after 'Bloody Groups' ABODE
A high speed working delegate's badge? CLIPON
A murder involved an organic membrane EARDRUM
Ann, having broken with sect, is getting a life NASCENT
Card player wearing check waistcoat VEST
Country house fruit good for nothing GRANGE
Darkness etc constrains parliament KNESSET
Film director is leaving white wine (imbibing half of rose) CHABROL
Gave a positive sign in bad taste and slept NODDEDOFF
Inclined to swear, making for cooler atmosphere finally PROFANE
Like music sung in French - or Albanian? CHORAL
Luxembourg sovereign relative to two old pence and United Kingdom piece of eight GRANDDUKE
Make tears in a lithium-carbon synthetic fibre ACRYLIC
Man enters: cat's out of the bag SACHET
Maybe gas company's 'ineffectualness' fine is dropped UTILITY
Clues Answers
Most ports are unlike, say, scotch on the rocks ICEFREE
Nicely adjusted penalty imposed on Melody on date FINETUNED
No head for heights: held by John Bird to be an elusive type JACK
North American flower that's disgusting being worn YUKON
Not feeling good about Humberside's misfortunes ILLNESS
Number following rise of Labour PM BALFOUR
Old Prime beans jumping - they can't be weighed IMPONDERABLES
One's involved in one-to-one, showing the female side of man ANIMA
Quibble about Smith's pointless block CAVIL
Ridiculing bad Monroe play LAMPOONERY
See 10 OLANTERN
Singers Joy and Mace GLEECLUB
Sky region's broadcast poison in this place IONOSPHERE
Venetian team's weak point BLINDSIDE