The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,567 - Dec 9 2008

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'We turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and virtues of John Milton, the 12, the 10, the 14, the g24 of ___ 11, the 16 and the 19 of ___ 28' (Macaulay, making the most of his length) ENGLISH
... far from that kind of Tory, holding Ulster in an exhausted state INANITION
23 with a stone? PHILOSOPHER
A very long way to the galaxy's boundaries, tossed around among storytellers LIGHTYEARS
At first, ducks are playing in the well STAIRFOOT
Balcony spattered with mud, but they are far from wet ... MONDAYCLUB
Be depressed about arrangement of 12's work MOPE
Big beasts dropping a subject with rounds in it MAMMOTHS
Bird on pole, no friend to our friend CROWN
Cocktail of drugs for liner POET
Commit patricide by one with binding attachment ENDPAPER
Department store wrecked by half 11 LIBERTY
Dialectician providing hair fixer for men? HEGEL
Fancy end with hard fact, not out of factory HANDCRAFTED
Forties cry that's on the up when winning first gold EXCELS
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Generalissimo with true twist of belt CINCTURE
Had no choice with river entering cave GROTTO
Holds view that prevails HASIT
I'm unknown, as they say: I have a high life IBEX
In a trap? Repeat all but the last letters LITERATURE
Indian writer's granny's eaten a fish NARAYAN
Jolly good Tory eating meat? Good! CHAMPION
Large fish for this bird? OSPREY
Monkey moving about on the up IMPROVING
Parrot on top of one of the Roses? LORY
Periodically new American island STATESMAN
Ross's leader following his follower, mostly one that suffers MARTYR
Shocking omission of 'the plural of mou__e' SEISMIC
The land across the sea shows when to see you LATER
The unconscious revelation of how fast the Queen goes after a pub INNERSPACE