The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,304 - Feb 6 2008

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Almost lofty? The reverse, but fat TALLOW
Bowel movement doctor agrees is hard work ELBOWGREASE
Corn flakes possibly protect British intellectual CEREBRAL
Determined loser backed pick-up down under RESOLUTE
Dolly turned heart of a customer PATRON
Hardy associate gets into nice pickle, for example INSTANCE
Imperial measure with rock sound QUARTS
It's for catching birds - taking time with a big one TEAGLE
It's no use taking a ship from Merseyside location BOOTLESS
Last month starts with ringer short of volume DECIBEL
Lay heads organised the chapel BETHESDA
Leader put in as battle ended ATTLEE
New axle ratio enables a lessening of strain RELAXATION
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Not quite smart fellow in the West Country CLEVEDON
Paradox of direction when sailing west? EASTERN
Press club IRON
Real existence has its ups and downs ESSE
Redhead in selfishness gets poisoning from pumpernickel ERGOTISM
Rice pudding for the boy ERIC
Speak fluent Polish? WAXELOQUENT
Test point obscuring brother's vision MOTE
Vegetable seen, perhaps, better with spectacles BEETROOT
Ward's disadvantage? DRAWBACK
What one does in a restaurant - it's a trial having to eat up horse ORDERAMEAL
Where to be with serious stroke - but getting no peace and quiet BEDLAM
With a writer to exist is to confuse BEWILDER