The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,399 - Aug 12 2011

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Clues Answers
'Sabre', 'scimitar' or 'steel'? SWORD
A flower put in shoe, medicine in it AMPOULE
Able to get radio broadcast on time ADROIT
Appear more stupid secreting drug, when cared for LOOKEDAFTER
Around start of fracas, gutless frantic series of heavy blows SLUGFEST
Attractive person caught feeding a needy sort of guy, finally EYECANDY
Bankers' daily crime? THEFT
Caesar's forty said to perform well EXCEL
Classic ballet leap — cut the chat, where's the earth moving? EPICENTRE
Companion: the first man, perhaps, to hug royalty CHAPERONE
Deeply fond of one's better half, you kiss and love, right? I love you so, not half! UXORIOUS
Delivery woman, as if? MIDWIFE
For example, Russian mouth organ TONGUE
Foreign body or thingummy DOOBRY
Game taking record capital MONTEVIDEO
Clues Answers
Grammatical term brought up, one in decline, cut short ABBREVIATE
Hot in seat, how hot it is! PHEW
Ill at home, given medicine, drinking another sip INDISPOSED
In a day, beginning to grow AMONG
Leave people under a tyre, primarily to get flat APARTMENT
Lot more feverish, rapid bowing TREMOLO
See 28 OFTHEABSURD
Set up zero bricks LEGO
Silence a lady of pop! GAGA
Sporting body partial to mischief, I fancy FIFA
Supernatural U for __, say, if polite? MYSTIC
Sustained melting catastrophic surrounding Circle LONGTIME
Tories' rule hopelessly weak IRRESOLUTE
Unreal drama suggesting hater of teeth? THEATRE
Weak lifts around a strong building, taking old, old air TEAFORTWO