The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,444 - Jul 18 2008

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A bees' nest disturbed by non-attentive people? ABSENTEES
Account mostly sent back in first-class defence ALIBI
Almost insufficient scrutiny SCAN
Attribute one set found in setter IMPUTE
Begin on board EMBARK
Bones in very large sack, only half used OSSA
Cater, possibly, for student in flower culture LITERACY
Cautionary sign: room has no central heating AMBER
Consolidate without study, somehow apart ISOLATED
Hard work required in high-performance car service GRAFT
Hat worn in the ceilidh? LID
He's in the Civil Service game CHESS
International player brought up the first agreement PACT
Intoxicated, but also up the wall PLASTERED
Mark of the butterfly COMMA
MP studied, we hear, on top REDCAP
No more at work? Could be in a mess ANTEROOM
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Outstanding head? BOSS
Perceiving what's in mind, yet plodding THOUGHT
Poetry division with inclination towards love CANTO
Popular music one can follow after hard stuff? ROCKABILLY
Possibly last course available for Persian king with a good deal, say CHARLOTTE
Right in holding back when preparing for a new kind of job? RETRAINING
Romantic song conveyed a false impression LIED
See 13 AIRPORT
See 21 READING
Some perfect a skill in work TASK
Sort of ice found to exist in nature SORBET
To make this requires pluck! TWANG
Urge on simple change, ignoring society IMPEL
Wheeler-dealer who makes statements on the record? SPOKESMAN
Where Patrick and I got war novel, 'A Point of Departure' GATWICK
Writer's material could be based here INKSTAND