The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,473 - Jun 6 2005

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
Bert meets Pope going round ancient city ALEPPO
Bitterness shown by army CO in trouble ACRIMONY
Call in church to fall on one's knees? CRINGE
Callas initially given divine voice, but little craft? CORACLE
Celebrity parachuting in attempt to impress NAMEDROPPING
Cold, with sore throat CRAW
Contend it's a quarter past six VIE
Cracking up during a speech EULOGISING
Doesn't it have a service charge? FREECHURCH
Don't follow suit REVOKE
Drive a camping convertible CAMPAIGN
Follow an alternative man of the cloth TAILOR
Grown in the garden - not to scale? MONKEYPUZZLE
Irene ruined the bondsman ERNIE
Is one a complete swine to go this? WHOLEHOG
Clues Answers
It indicates the Naval Reserve officer is cold BLUEENSIGN
Lasting worry can be the very devil OLDHARRY
Lead, say, in hard rock HEAVYMETAL
Left-wing movement TROT
Length of time in the middle CENTIMETRE
Looked over carefully? I'd say! EYED
Menagerie's toilets, say, for Africans? ZULUS
Military band? STRIPE
Saw about the digs? SIGHTED
She turns in first-class stuff MARCIA
Sort of butter made from vegetable and fruit PEANUT
Star signs? AUTOGRAPHS
Surgeon's paperknife? LANCET
Time to bend an ear ERA
Unusual combination of destructive and constructive forces RARE