The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,885 - Dec 17 2009

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Clues Answers
Accommodation for pub fittings BARRACKS
Awfully cruel medical condition ULCER
Bachelor says bed companion is sweet BUTTERSCOTCH
Bird to move slowly? What about that? WHINCHAT
Boat in a river in Canada CATAMARAN
Brave uncle PAWNEE
Bridge opponents demand round of coffee ESPRESSO
Catch the eye of porter grabbing joiner STANDOUT
Confine to bed in A&E? That's novel! ADAMBEDE
Cortes prepared duck SCOTER
Former draughtsman in the Treasury EXCHEQUER
Give consent in Gretna Green AGREE
Greek scholar in Muse's former quarters ERATOSTHENES
Guarantee rebuke when scratching head ENSURE
Clues Answers
Is East in time for puzzle? DISORIENTATE
Lose a sense of proportion when soldiers tuck into ham OVERREACT
Mean to irritate youth leader STINGY
Old comic welcomed on the golf course EAGLE
Penny steered badly when driven round the bend and … PESTERED
Rate the Torah badly in private discussion HEARTTOHEART
Ridicule the regional tableware TEASET
Search through swamp in North Africa MARRAKESH
Sister caught with one old ambassador NUNCIO
Throw up in pigpen that's extendable STRETCHY
Trace ten gone astray in the interval ENTRACTE
Vermin in doctor's practice MOUSE
Worn down journalist travelled inside ERODED
… pressure has Don also going round the bend DURESS