The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,823 - Dec 19 2012

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Ace tenant merrily taking possession of duke's house ATTENDANCE
Admirer's agreement to marry — but not yet IDOLATER
Bouncer quietly getting Oscar to leave club POGOSTICK
Copper said goodbye SEEYOU
Damn it, Twitter, you embody fatuousness! NITWITTERY
Destroys country house, top to bottom EATS
Disturbed Harry Lime's last day MOLESTED
Expert on land usage cultivating margins, too AGRONOMIST
Freedom fighters beleaguer ill-assorted internees GUERILLAS
Group of officers, heads of naval detachments COMMAND
Inspecting, unannounced, what teenagers get up to in bathroom? SPOTCHECKING
Interest as founder returns to old place REINSTATES
It might drop me, if uninitiated in its use TIGHTROPE
Nice way of saying Arachne's somewhat vacuous and a bit wet MOIST
Of sound mind, ultimately buffered by stout optimism SANGUINENESS
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Old Scotsman's colourful project PREDICT
On reflection micron's a tiny amount, in fact DATUM
Party line developed into mutual exchange INTERPLAY
Perhaps the elder Turgenev gets noticed periodically? TREE
Privileged American used to be attracted to power WASP
Qualified agreements to rework endless subsystem YESBUTS
Radioactive element, which is used to lower cholesterol in casualty ASTATINE
Relating to fast, tailless fictional bloodhound MAIGRE
Sardonically mentioning carefree fellow WRYLY
State occasion making a mint THYME
Struggle to disentangle 16 down COMBAT
This team makes you tea ENDLESS
Top copy with illiterate's signature APEX
Where French children learn to core fruit LYCEES
Wrongly enter hairdressing establishment offering health treatments TRESPASS