The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,952 - May 20 2013

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A rugby player, too fat to be fit APROPOS
Absorbing example of marine life SPONGE
Aintree starter COURSE
Approve of gin? Nonsense! CLAPTRAP
Beaten by heroic exploit in action DEFEATED
Being liable to error HUMAN
Bolts from arguments QUARRELS
Collect rands clutched by one who is settling up PRAYER
Daughter eschews flirting for marriage ALLIANCE
Drink time — get the carriage PORTERAGE
Fight and row, never sleeping together BOXANDCOX
Graduates meeting shortly? It's in the wind BASSOON
Hairstyle for a transformation? AFRO
I held wrong capital DELHI
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In which to see ring fighters CORRIDA
Intermediate gears none would wish to engage IDLERS
Jellyfish in sea north of America MEDUSA
Losing head, gambler becomes an embezzler PECULATOR
Loud Verdi compos­ition full of fire and passion FERVID
Means of propulsion on a Roman ship, originally OARS
No longer with the directors, taken to drink OVERBOARD
Prohibition, most of all, is boring BANAL
Propeller guard SCREW
Rather like a chat about a change of weather WHEATEAR
Spotless tea set put out CHASTE
Spread around, by the perimeter BOUNDARY
They grip and hold on in the last resort TALONS
Unruly mob in Shakespeare use guns BOMBARD