The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,908 - Oct 27 2006

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'Taxi Driver' is mostly expressing life as art in music VERISMO
A raspberry is defined thus initially, so you never call a raspberry 'plum' SYNCARP
Beg wildly to enter stink over CAMRA's bête noire? KEGBEER
Black icon rejected Marx HARPO
Certain qualification needed in English, comparatively speaking! POSITIVEDEGREE
Circular field TRACT
Coming straight to the point, outside of Ms Fitz-gerald, I'm married WELLAIMED
Fancy name I see, but no supporter of Diogenes CYNIC
Following sex change, preserve queen in ice that's dry EXSICCATE
Frantic SOS: 'Save species!' (Mine and yours exemplified here!) POSSESSIVECASE
Grammatical form for the meaning of society is Ney's problem SYNESIS
He worked with steam and water to become a painter WATTEAU
Hire-purchase with messy rate fluctuation EASYTERMS
Ideal place for a Callas performance? LASCALA
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Impresario who bid for Stravinsky; I hid gavel unfortunately DIAGHILEV
Lots of storage needed when Ms Roslin moves into French accommodation GIGABYTES
Managed Spike Milligan's converted capital? RANGOON
Naked force used to invade vessel BARGE
Nobleman detailed as composer of 'The French Harry Potter' DUKAS
Old dear disturbed English discussion groups held here EXEDRAE
Payment avoided by some Brooklyn Dodgers? DRAFT
Pores over a time atoms reacted STOMATA
Quotes from a thousand naïve Democrats without a turn INVERTEDCOMMAS
Salute a stop for this poor vet at dissection VAPORETTO
Smell a rat, as usual, in Captain Renault's round-up SUSPECT
So Gordius to his setter: 'Put the lot on Bunthorne's retirement' ALLONYM
Spoil the ship, left off the tar! MARINER
Words of action from the Baker Street enthusiasts? IRREGULARVERBS