The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,549 - Nov 18 2008

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'Dense grass by ditches black!' DOPEY
An official guide to seating USHER
Anything put in house, like a teach-yourself guide HOWTO
Bean-type, say, falling about, having a ball SOYA
Beowulf-like, enter rocky point above the source of upheaval EPICENTRE
Bit end of pie/pasty WHITE
Brandished cape with wave WHITECAP
Car cleaning mechanism happened to be hot with current applied to power energy WASHWIPE
Christmas solvers will vociferously change the written word 'heavenwards' YULE
Cocaine bagged up - way over the top SNOW
Cross borne by George Smiley, extremely protective of back GRUMPY
Crossword setter's hen party ending in physical upheaval LAYER
Early arrival's announcement before start of untitled short musical piece IMPROMPTU
Former wife Henry VIII beheaded: country gives a sigh EXHALATION
Freud-like, say, sit it out in electrical discharge ARTISTIC
Given to retirement party almost lacking space BASHFUL
Hardly rocket science, underwear lacking rein for adjustment NOBRAINER
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Impervious to RAF power ground WATERPROOF
Jolly unpleasant woman has Rex yielding to pressure HAPPY
Level unit releasing large bird of prey TIERCEL
Make love, live to be around 51 - grand! OBLIGE
Perhaps oily street scene trader initially has Superman accessory TOWNSCAPE
Political loyalist gets straight down TRUE
Rather drippy, grabbing top of ledge, ready to drop off SLEEPY
Recording over gulping duck's 'quack' DOC
River circling once fashionable isle SHEPPEY
See 6 TIDE
See 8 BLUE
Stone artist's classic STLEGER
Tending to react to irritating feature in snitch SNEEZY
Title: 'Henry Enters Bent Over' SAHIB
Tom very low, seeing Buzz in grip of bacterial disease THUMB
When forced, admit harbouring man by a coastal strip of land DALMATIA