The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,625 - Feb 17 2009

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Appeal from Caribbean island needing year to replace uranium MYSTIQUE
As is held by sad superior figure in foreground, drawing one's eye into the picture REPOUSSOIR
As often experienced by astronauts on the house steps FREEFLIGHT
Beaten unconscious? Time to sleep in the dorm! LIGHTSOUT
Bending unduly, being crushed by snake ASTOOP
Call on crook to guarantee funds won't be misused RINGFENCE
Caught in impasse: represented a failure to face reality ESCAPISM
Climb without a grip, perhaps, as deployed in drag-hunting SCENTBAG
County briefly gets in snappy dresser (employed in murky circumstances) FOGLAMP
Drive off in second with, say, Robin Day left out SHOO
Intelligence diminished by 'bad girl' pop star? Shame! INFAMY
It's Cornish shilly-shallying, imprisoning one exhibiting over-the-top behaviour HISTRIONICS
Lacking control? Not at the edge of Africa, say INCONTINENT
Line taken by those discovering Australian mountains FLINDERS
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Long-lasting chain (iron) affected by cold CHRONIC
Loss if your houses become inflexible OSSIFY
Name in film musical (’51): 'Sesame' GINGILI
On file, bastardised art technique RELIEF
Only 60% of Presley shifted clear of inner feelings VISCERAL
Possibly why trousers were taken back to tailor (bespoke): an illusion of depth FORESHORTENING
Racing car tending to release gas fails to start INDY
Refuse to be a masseur: an old mistake RUBBISH
Relish, say, being covered in fine powder DEGUST
Safe-to-consume beef source limited by France's negative repeated action NONTOXIC
Spoon that might be collared NECK
Suspect's little time to blow lid IFFY
Tester parrot gets a new inside CANOPY
The end of convergence somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle? VANISHINGPOINT