The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,655 - Jan 5 2006

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Clues Answers
24 acrosses of verse? EDWARDLEAR
A pin in both directions round noted direction ALLEGRO
Arabs cutting arm, playing around WOMANISING
Asian city raising an artist NAGOYA
Bad image in witch transformed - with this? WHITEMAGIC
Bird understood to be circling five hundred singers of 'Jerusalem' GODWIT
Boatman, say, rejected post JUNKMAIL
Cavalier in solitary, tortured ROYALIST
Dance musical needing no introduction RIGADOON
Dramatist's devout emperor PINERO
Easy job to get hold of outside home SINECURE
Ecstasy on drugs (hard), or lift superb - experiencing this? EUPHORIA
Hemingway's last words blown to bits, losing consciousness DROWSY
Hole where rodent has it buried CAVITY
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I fly around British feature on map ISOBAR
Identify cube divided by a number not written down DIAGNOSE
In Germany, a wrong turning reaches destination to its north NORWAY
It's plain, anything but 13 involved - with this? DEVILRY
Line in clothes - for a Scotsman KILT
Perhaps, if user intended to maintain earliest of relationships, he could search here? FRIENDS
Sea where river cuts through state MARINE
See 17 REUNITED
Sell out, as it might? SHOP
Ship opening line ICEBREAKER
They're close, close to getting top man KING
Throw rubbish in it, or miss SKIP
Twice scale up culture medium AGARAGAR
Worth keeping party in mind CALIBRE