The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,454 - Jul 30 2008

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A metal company flags ACORUS
A sermon about maid finally redeemed RANSOMED
Alcoholic cake SPONGE
Any number in plan against America's hostility ANIMUS
Cause of horrendous gloom (not good!) to small children MOLOCH
Cook sending tripe and fish back DOCTOR
Difficult bit of the Bible for each to start with PERVERSE
Disease which makes woman hug little boy MALARIA
Fruit became more trendy ROSEHIP
Gas gets part of CH system functioning RADON
Get hit in brawl on street STRUCK
I may come with thrilling present ELECTRICCURRENT
In distress, dour men grieved MOURNED
Loser in drama, musical one, meeting premature end NOHOPER
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Most of the garlic, perhaps, provides this element THALLIUM
Ornamental sculpture and paintings possibly given negative reaction in church CARTOUCHE
Plain girl given less than complete amorous advance PAMPAS
Report of fire - help, as you might say, with rapid movement SACCADE
Rome's an extraordinary Italian city SANREMO
Sadly, work is beginning to disappear in poor area SKIDROW
Saint has rags for garments SMOCKS
Spray of flowers to droop in the middle CORSAGE
That man, a non-specialist male baling out at a great height? HIMALAYAN
The Lord in one of the Gospels LUCAN
The sacred player in action in German basilica SPEYERCATHEDRAL
Theatre now needs to protect this celebrity RENOWN
Using plastic, maybe, for brass CASHLESS
Woman to stop wearing what a woman might? BRENDA