The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,938 - Feb 19 2010

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Aboard ship, girl longs for 16 11 character SKIMPINESS
Agreed to go round Australia with a back-up instrument KAZOO
Batting very fast, being offensive INSOLENT
Black activist tailed car heading off for US bomb site BIKINI
Cake cut out? Rubbish! It's located in 16 11 SPONGE
Cooking sherry in bed? No-no in this part of England DERBYSHIRE
Criminal left one with a wave LAWBREAKER
Drank gin and almost cuddled 17 24 when drunk INDULGED
Drinking too much beer, including a 17 24 school swimming coach ALCOHOLABUSE
Fruit partly quartered when eaten by Abraham's nephew LOQUAT
Hat way over the 17 (offence in parts?) if 17 24 TILE
Ill repute surrounds a sucker raised in a hole UPAGUMTREE
Intimidate male and female creatures, say BULLDOZE
Last one Puck made an ass of? BOTTOM
Make more bitter recycling half of beer crate after cutback EXACERBATE
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Old man fools sailor, friend of 21/19 10/23 PATRICK
One that's waged war 17 24 during Frenchman's retreat EARNER
One to help you out spinning single and EP at ball SLEEPINGPILL
Play Greek character briefly: 1-20 September, roughly? THETEMPEST
Poet writes, dipping into sherry regularly SPENSER
Retracted notice about the French in 16 11 only? TOP
See 1 Across STAR
See 17 LESS
See 21 SQUARE
See 21 BOB
See 21 PANTS
Show off uniform worn by 17 24 25 FLAUNT
Tit for tat through chink in defence INKIND
US president warning about ailing markets, initially FILLMORE
Watering holes doubly essential for orphan elephant? PUBS