The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,660 - Mar 30 2009

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Clues Answers
18th birthday do for Meg F — O can I go? COMINGOFAGE
8 inverted on horse RIDING
A wall painting not left in South Island depicting Japanese soldiers SAMURAI
About time Billy was nobbled? GOTAT
Base of rig — lubricate generously OILWELL
Capital for Pole, first class, with tailless bird NAIROBI
Cereal I found in labyrinth MAIZE
Cheese prepared for August do? GOUDA
Constituents of water in craze for shrub MAHONIA
Dolls, I argue endlessly, should form band (not banned, they say) GIRLSALOUD
Gathering of alumni in the Indian Ocean REUNION
Girl at home with network INGRID
Girl of superior sort breaks into collection of civil defenders HOMEGUARD
Got the wrong way to the segregated area GHETTO
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Hamlet, say, could guide tiller with toe TITLEROLE
Hannibal's new desk LECTERN
He escaped from the house to Ulster after mutiny HOUDINI
How hot could one get around the collar in formal dress? WHITETIE
Large woman featuring two of any size BIGAMY
Not a stone turned by the big bang? MEGATON
Pastoral connected with covered row of shops? ARCADIAN
Person of colour sounds terrible DYER
Put off portion of French potatoes DETER
Reckon soft cheese (slightly misspelt) part of gesture for self-catering opportunities COUNTRYCOTTAGES
Science student Monbiot, losing a day, keeps nearly the whole shift BIOCHEMIST
Science — a little of it with a lot coming up — after vote for corporal punishment? ELECTRODYNAMICS
Stone horse with head missing and unknown addition ONYX
Woman with grandmother gains result from goings-on SHENANIGANS