The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,677 - Jan 31 2006

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Clues Answers
8 volunteer in check RETAIN
A walk from prison to prison BIRDCAGE
Brace of taps on the shoulder ACCOLADE
Break impact with article in the Guardian HIATUS
Dickensian plea? COPPERFIELD
Fraud is above a leader's wife SUPERCHERIE
Fringes cut from calico possibly not part of the cloth LAIC
I, perhaps, may be under it when small DIERESIS
Kid's computer accessory? FLOPPYDISK
Labour organisation - an issue in Arizona TUCSON
Look over fortification KEEP
Medical examination fell by a quarter SCAN
Norma's redemption value? RANSOM
Clues Answers
Novel 'Cat in the Hat' is responsive to touch TACTILE
One may handle safe explosive PETERMAN
OS girl's offence BIGAMY
Police turn up to smash-and-grab raid from time to time SPORADIC
Politician in republic no longer a British possession EMPIRE
Postage regulation - a feature of the Third Reich GESTAPO
Reduce study with the intellectually challenged CONDENSE
Secretary in the States is a sap UPAS
See a smart girl CHICHESTER
Squirrel calls to mind a friar, as they say CHIPMUNK
Third party in confidence GATEPOST
Was Al Capone a knitting champion? SCARFACE
What you do through bad management is forgiven ABSOLVED