The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,842 - Oct 28 2009

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Clues Answers
A mere door, perhaps, to higher things? AERODROME
Battle leads English to freedom LOOSE
Being attractive keeps gunner's daughter matey COMRADELY
Boy leaves sleeper for sweeper BROOM
City, a New Testament one with old church ANTIOCH
Compiling lapse — a bit of a bloomer SEPAL
Duty of extra esteem getting volunteers cross VALUEADDEDTAX
Free puff for a party? ADLIB
Girl loses head, another gets up to start Bacchus's wild song of praise DITHYRAMB
Gordon almost dead, confused and coerced DRAGOONED
Green side can be stimulated ENERGISED
Inform that paper is folded APPRISE
Inveterate, if erroneous, need to store corn ENGRAINED
John Bull's paunch? MIDDLEENGLAND
Clues Answers
Long time and a quarter YEARN
Love morning with the Guardian's appearance AMOUR
One may catch, say, Labour's blunder on reflection BOOBYTRAP
One solution takes turn for article avoiding the rest ISOLATION
Organise messy site clearance SYSTEMISE
Plain clothes Muslim lawyer MUFTI
Republic, as in Roman style SANMARINO
Rude word to finish one's respectful address EFFENDI
Second space must … SHALL
Singular name for Diana's sister UNITY
Strangely divine, holy but not at first outwardly ODDLY
Warm, cold or laid back? CORDIAL
Where Hamlet slept with no alternative in Somerset? SHEPTONMALLET
Without one, little children repeatedly tear loose, out of control SCHOOLTEACHER