The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,190 - Dec 10 2010

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Clues Answers
A vain imposter? Creative prose wasted, perhaps VITAMIN
Boatman's report on whale found in the Mediterranean MALLORCA
Boatman's work is usually in the Mediterranean THEMED
Cod, sprats, flounder typically found at the seaside POSTCARDS
Colleagues' inspiration: say barren block gone BRETHREN
Costume formerly worn by oriental tart? ONEPIECE
Cruiser is abandoned, sunk, only to be seen again later RECUR
Deadly sea creature runs amok, followed by silence as boat goes under MAKOSHARK
Divers use natural heat to remove water SUNDRY
Droop like dead fish DANGLE
Drops the shattered piece of a vessel POTSHERD
First entry in old book of songs about fish behind ship's stern mid-ocean! PSALMONE
Floods spread sludge around Mile End DELUGES
Hate for Guardian boss back on trial DETEST
Naval nations exude water (yours and mine, say) SEAPOWERS
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New leader chosen: Gordon's first in, then left out NEGLECTED
Not in everyone's interest to market cod: could be left wanting? SELFISH
Poncho folded round centre pleat in place of layers HENCOOP
Pungent? Sour? That's about right ACRID
Sex kittens slipping an unreasonable extent in winter footwear SKIS
Split up — admit mistake on reflection and give in SURRENDER
Starting to embrace a lot more TENFOLD
Takes in endless parodies SUPS
The naval disaster in which Boatman is eaten by a whale? LEVIATHAN
Vessel attending in the Mediterranean, perhaps French marine zone STEAMER
What I should make, for my sins, at noon? AMENDS
What you need to do with a fish to take victory SOLVE
Where, you might say, disk-breaking leads to sudden reversal? SKIDPANS
Winter footwear with metal inside — wow! GALOSH
Wood-roasted char after lobster starter LARCH