The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,356 - Jun 23 2011

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
21 nature of Christianity starting within a Jewish sect? ESSENCE
Arena to fight for protection of allotments RINGFENCE
Blows up, having felt as in agony INFLATES
Bus turns in a road, which is ridiculous ABSURD
Diet in difficulty — state is the same … IDENTICAL
Difficult tackle put out Kiwi leader to great applause ECLAT
Dressed up to gather notice — it holds up traffic ROADBED
Expression of mild disapproval is rejected by African people TUTSI
Not qualified to accommodate round number, so it can't be held UNTENABLE
Not unusual, and not with pain NORMAL
Obsolete number put in the Guardian's name OUTWORN
Offshoots hold some answer to critical examinations SCANSIONS
Oil men brought to account for old record material SHELLAC
One shows it in poor sex novel EXPOSITOR
Clues Answers
Paper said to fold and go out of circulation? DISAPPEAR
Perdition's neat solution for those so chosen? PREDESTINATION
Performance open to all — nearly all, in fact ACTUAL
Perhaps credit cards are a strong temptation, but one might save face PLASTICSURGEON
Sense ran amok, falling into traps ENSNARES
Short step certain to bring riches TREASURE
Soldier enrols and comes back in REENTERS
Student leaves engineer for one in the Far East BRUNEI
Support structure in Soviet Russia TRUSS
There's no good in Mayday melodies SONGS
Trade is in, speed out, for such areas PEDESTRIANISED
Up to when battered unit left UNTIL
Vulnerability perhaps one tends to get after a chill ACHILLESTENDON
… state has bearing of intuitive discernment FLAIR