The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,888 - Mar 6 2013

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Clues Answers
Bold 3 17, in full PERT
Current passed through three ducks in pointless medical check BLOODCOUNT
Describing a sex party, not half crude in house BUNGALOW
Element supporting me, I'm thus not entirely unfortunate PROMETHIUM
Element, caught in the old feminist style, when retreating CARBON
Find someone to play the scoundrel, old singer CASTRATO
Garden tools bound to go after opening of spectacular retail outlet SHOESHOP
Insect in middle of buttercup, little one TERMITE
Judge after delicate material's cut LACERATE
Material exaggerated, gatecrashing party COTTON
Not wrapping something sweet, wrapper discarded for sweet NOUGAT
Novel eruditely dismissing king for the present time YULETIDE
Number of the Beatles' brackish tunes recollected BACKIN
Pretentious type taken to court, say PSEUD
Clues Answers
Printer's mark, one with a long neck and a halo? STET
Private place black, what about odd parts of deck? Neither red nor green BEDCHAMBER
Sacrifice 3 17, in full COST
See 3 THEUSSR
See 9 GOODBYE
Single sound from a cat coming up, cat finally burst in IRRUPT
So long coat is actually outselling tops? CIAO
Sovereign kidnapped by our Greek revolutionary for Asian communists KHMERROUGE
Stick me among the money CEMENT
The Beatles' 'Girl' suffering among vermin MICHELLE
The Beatles' 10? LETITBE
The Beatles' 24 down? HELLO
Total, however, approximate THOROUGH
Under discussion, case number cut short TRUNCATE