The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,891 - Dec 24 2009

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Clues Answers
20's half hidden in the open when there's no sun OVER
Catastrophe for officer, partner to Jones, among other ranks? MELTDOWN
Catch a girl to love LASSO
Embarrassed by finding items of Royal Mail late as ever ILLATEASE
Fans can be unreliable in their enthusiasm BLOWHOTANDCOLD
Flag on vessel as young as ever? PETERPAN
Forward way to Tipperary ALONG
French writer (not English) on board with rifles SMALLARMS
Further entry into prison NEWGATE
Graceful, innit? — playing on the wild side LUNATICFRINGE
Heroin substitute should be, in my view METHOUGHT
In which Henry VII rallied his troops to make slaves ENTHRAL
Inconclusive assault on man with case ATTACHE
L-shaped bar in a longer form ANGLEIRON
Clues Answers
Lieutenant caught the fool in 10 10 CASSIO
Parent at home to couple getting spliced? MAINBRACE
Popular group sees the smaller picture INSET
Prance around — the last way to treat a ball? TITTUP
Prison as acknowledgment of game CANASTA
Referee with his belt turning to cow? WHISTLEBLOWER
Revolution without its first complaint CROUP
Revolutionary poem? No, a rude composition RONDEAU
Roadside worker, one to land at sea? DITCHER
See 26 CAST
Setter with a monitoring device fitted about to transport him to prison MEATWAGON
Shakespearean lord of the Golden Blackbird AUMERLE
There's about zero miles from what can be proved THEOREM
What is this Jersey? An exercise in vowel sounds? HOWNOWBROWNCOW