The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,456 - Aug 1 2008

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'French diet', says de Gaulle for one STATESGENERAL
Augustus who painted an evangelist JOHN
Baroque dances in Strasbourg, I guess GIGUES
Bear cub's broken home - Goldilocks started by cooking outdoors BARBECUING
Blame accepted by doctor taking a drink GRAPPA
Bookkeeper in lawsuit after error? SLIPCASE
Claim made by spa without aspiration ARROGATE
Couturier backing embroidered veils DIOR
Cow that's converted ignores hell LOWERREGIONS
Delay in progress requiring courage and audacity BOTTLENECK
Doctor, getting to work on solution, communicates DROPSALINE
Fib about characters in script - it may be discounted LISTPRICE
Film-maker needing specs, oddly, in 20 SCORSESE
Filter provided in street SIFT
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Fred and Adele putting energy into a series of steps ASTAIRES
Holiday destination in Balearic Islands: zany antics introduced IBIZA
Ladies' fingers up to scratch artist OKRA
Learner, in fits and starts, discovering activity on course FLATRACING
Material swelling up? That's understood COTTONEDON
McBeal supporter ALLY
Mere appearance of fish that hurts! SHADOW
Much appreciated by card players? AGREATDEAL
One who applauds directors may be employed in film-making CLAPPERBOARD
Pickle or jam in the dining room MESS
Rock stars seem somehow to be relics of a past age MARKETCROSSES
Ten to one, for example - a time to enter port RATIO
Warner making a rare film FIREALARM
Was police chief noxious? RANCID