The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,988 - Jan 31 2007

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... such pants taken down smothered in ketchup and mustard? HOTDOG
Allow to make off up M1 with one's sweetheart LEGITIMISE
Area where campaigner against land mines put her foot down DISTRICT
Biblical son uniting female and male SHEM
Brave leader returns child buried in earth GERONIMO
Consistent remark about a biscuit almost raised a point COMMENSURATE
Dame Edna Everage's excellent bronze bust BONZER
Get up one's nose? I do, with hair never old-fashioned RISEANDSHINE
Hole in Amundsen's equipment gets dug SHOVELLED
Instrument taking horse round lake to drink STEELDRUM
Man welcomes in extremists? It's not clear HAZE
Not all came to nursery school ETON
Nothing dissimilar to ... NOTASAUSAGE
Old blue bird protects newborn chick perhaps, close to snake THATCHERITE
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On the other hand, he's just as good AMBIDEXTER
Part-timers kept in check by Queen's servant RETAINER
Play, for example, or not! WORK
Puzzling when ladder rocks (bottom sawn off) RUNIC
Rational to keep hospital doctor in Jewish council SANHEDRIN
Rudder support, harsh job STERNPOST
Shun Dutch artist, having replaced king with wife ESCHEW
They can ruin your lawn, the buggers! MOLES
They cover me in seconds, beneath Jack TARPAULINS
Time light years away, stars appear so? MINUTE
Time to get stuck into romance like a Jackie Collins novel - a basic skill you'll need LITERACY
To set about wearing half of Gandhi's clothing DHOTI
Unfair claiming giro, rat on a suspect ARROGATION
Widely accepted bunch of racketeers harbouring right extremist ULTRA