The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,955 - Mar 11 2010

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Afraid of operating mark bearing date RUNNING
Awful effort to comprehend Conservative measure (a bit leftish, say) OFFCENTRE
Battle-scarred troops not demobil­ised? WALKING
Cooking aids roughly weigh kgs on top of scales EGGWHISKS
Decorating it with pregnant bats PATTERNING
Dude dressed in satin, no lining, is Swift SUDDEN
Flightless bird's new roost in rocks NOTORNIS
Grass drugs ring member put inside ESPARTO
Hawk's game over FLOG
Hem of outfit removed by river's severity RIGOUR
Independent school's hi-tech store of music IPOD
Interval introducer, second one to step out SPACER
Lay to rest in loo youth wearing scarf and gloves? WINTERCLAD
Like a beauty queen on a float, relishing her advantageous position SITTING
Like holding aged circular saws ADAGES
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Said to dismiss deceitful cur keeping head low? LYING
Saviour's second coming: or conversion of husbandry AGRONOMIC
See 1 PRETTY
See 16 WOUNDED
See 23 DOGGO
See 7 SCARED
Separate nation in which n-nothing is rejected UNLINK
Sexually exclusive second name STAG
Small Scottish town sinks or swims KINROSS
Stray but hip tenpin bowler? ALLEYCAT
This newspaper and another's threads crossed WEFT
Upright but unmoving — suffering, even STANDINGSTILL
Voices concern initially about time travelling trail CONTRALTI
Wanting ever more front to garden of tall grasses GREEDY