The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,776 - Aug 12 2009

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Clues Answers
Alternative stock market's not so unpredictable AIMLESS
An animal, not a vegetable POTTO
Assistant making sportsman lose weight GOFER
At far end of the Bowery vagrant is a minor feature! EYEBROW
Canada used to provide habitat for one short snake ANACONDA
Catastrophic mass turn to right after crash SMASHUP
Corrupt CIA men ran cartel from Nicaragua, perhaps CENTRALAMERICAN
Could Cockney sound grand? MIGHTY
Delightful fruit tree almost in bloom SWEETPEA
Gunners put French international up front where there's lots of empty space SAHARA
Gunshots from a drab outlying part of London SALUTE
Gutless FSA must ultimately tackle wealthy banker, for example FATCAT
High points following cross misunderstandings MIXUPS
House originally insisted no one supports voting for the masses HOIPOLLOI
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In charge of opening up the polar regions? ICECAPS
In possession of mescal, a torturous way of getting high ESCALATOR
Incentive to swap rubbish vehicle CARROT
Introduce former husband to model EXPOSE
It protects one's thatch from the rain storm HAIRNET
Little prince gets animal virus SMALLPOX
Perhaps Fourth Programme — a long-standing BBC production TOPGEAR
Protection from the elements when poor frigate founders WEATHERPROOFING
Secretly felling a tree SUBROSA
Shami at Liberty pens letter to provoke leaders MESSIAHS
Start to bedizen jumper with chain and ornamental clasp BROOCH
VIP initially bet £1,000 and won £1,000 BIGWIG
When the old French actress first stripped off? YEARDOT
Writer's art really captivated philosopher SARTRE