The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,952 - Mar 8 2010

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A gunsmith will add it to his stock BARREL
A help or hindrance in the works SPANNER
Admire a freshly baked cake MADEIRA
Church enveloped in rather ornate glass SCHOONER
City boom precedes tax cut SPARTA
Encourage a single girl to be spendthrift PRODIGAL
Evocative of European river ebbing fast REDOLENT
Face up, perhaps, but not to a challenge BACKDOWN
Falsely portrayed as being rapacious PREDATORY
Guard marking time WATCH
Height of piece of sculpture is about right STATURE
I'd turn in at the entrance to a mine ADIT
It sweeps right inside the harbour bar BROOM
Nobody's daily account DIARY
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On a winding road it shows skill ADROIT
Order to start shooting in battle ACTION
Period when one is not well off SICKLEAVE
Players leave English football team before time EXIT
Quiet during day without a lot of noise SHINDY
Restored a man's oil painting MONALISA
Send message to a daughter in port RADIO
Social occasion in Boston: tipping in the main was dutifully observed TEAPARTY
Squabble a lot? Rubbish! SCRAPHEAP
They hold an alternative view of things THEORY
Thinks the current recession splits friends MEDITATES
Virginia right to get a place in tough university HARVARD
What one may say when being shot? CHEESE
What the unsatisfied audience may shout ENCORE