The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,804 - Sep 14 2009

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Clues Answers
A lot of pupils turned up on time for examination TEST
Annually, in first part of year, is in this country JAPAN
Art museum in which one's at home HERMITAGE
Assets thus protected in securer arrangement RESOURCES
Auto brand succeeded with a change of direction SATURN
Awful person with no end of affectation? POSER
Big step for French couple among one's relatives GRANDPAS
Cathedral city on maps passed around CHARTRES
Check flow is constant STAUNCH
Composer having short break before end of concert HOLST
Corrupt salesmen deliberately not identified NAMELESS
European caught in this system of morality ETHICS
Good family person used in place of John GAUNT
Grammar school partly in ruins MARS
Happy to include copper and another metal MERCURY
It's not altogether clear that this was an element EARTH
Like blood vessels, say, in marine mollusk VENUS
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Limits of Trent, or another river TEES
Musical composition after which Browning became nostalgic MARCH
Old German king accepting devout Mozart symphony JUPITER
One animal seen up in pine, relaxing LOUNGING
One taking responsibility for the lives of others BIOGRAPHER
One worshipped in ancient place, primarily among Greek characters URANUS
Piece of music on new record, final movement NEPTUNE
Rejected in audition across the board THROUGHOUT
Relative reported for newspaper SUN
Religious court had sinner converted SANHEDRIN
Religious zealot finally embraced with fervour HOTLY
Run towards centre of stage, delivering some words PHRASE
Set sail from port LEFT
Something needed by horse or mule, perhaps SHOE
State of limited visibility almost put a stop to escape HALFLIGHT
Turned bad, as it happens LIVE