The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,397 - Mar 9 2005

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A little bit of geography needs to get a dog TAD
Apply preservative to point champion in the way STOPTHEROT
Carnivore in the middle of thought in its head COUGAR
Culpeper taking lady to dance in France HERBAL
Cut in the constabulary? NICK
Farewell from diocese to reader etc SEEYOUSOON
Figures little brother with him, possibly RHOMBI
Fit word to start an answer WELL
Football freak, maybe SPORT
Frequently love is pursued by newspapers OFTTIMES
Having settled fluster? RESTFUL
It's heaven to come out of this war game SWARGA
Laments from time to time when one turns up and pegs out THRENODIES
Left impression of circumscription LIMITATION
Metal leg broken gives feeling of excitement TINGLE
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Nuts on board MAST
Paul's name takes lines on a page PRY
Precipitation in flower SNOWDROP
Put foot down hard with energy and mad rush STAMPEDE
Retribution for setter appearing in two cases separately in the Cape NEMESIS
Round church, destiny of cat OCELOT
Rustic habit from t' mouth of Tyne occurs in work of 12 CUSTOMOF
Season for topping put into the soil INTER
See 9 THECOUNTRY
T.H. White and/or novel writer EDITHWHARTON
Tell - unless you start NOTIFY
The work of 12 is tied REEF
Work of 12, errors excepted, in which 'different _' should be 'different _' ETHANFROME
Work of 12, the epitomist? SUMMER
Work of 12, unmanned poet, returning spruce adversary to hospital HOUSEOFMIRTH