The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,649 - Aug 13 2015

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A little comic, he contrived something lavatorial CHEMICALTOILET
A mainstay thus set up is to the purpose APROPOS
Author in a state, one of the characters flipping over DELAMARE
Bold attack in which one must keep quiet FLASHY
Brilliant batting, say — one little old-style amateur? INTELLIGENT
Carrier to deviate, avoiding double bend TRAY
City woman offering opposing position CONSTANCE
Cover with new trees for trees destroyed REFOREST
Distress when train set gets damaged STRAITEN
Each party's beginning with trifle around small table TEAPOY
Girl needs a soft drink, somehow going from do to do DIATONIC
Greasy stuff very foolish for American writer to eat POMADE
Headlong fall when important lady drops off edge PURL
Hotel man mixed something very dangerous for drinker METHANOL
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In some measure bullish, a person who would set the pattern? SHAPER
Irishman given a spooky experience abandoning church SEAN
Male facing stress when leaving US city MEMPHIS
Officer in trouble caught by punch BAILIFF
One to criticise smallest cut with little hesitation SNIPER
Potentially wretches with a gram being gained? WEIGHTWATCHERS
School servant I dismissed may have left a mark HIGHWATER
Snide comment of Spain against its neighbour GIBE
Solemnly declare situation when donkey had insatiable appetite ASSEVERATE
Theatrical demand for silence right in manner of ancient Greeks HISTRIONIC
Those out for pleasure wanting seductive lady start to finish? TRIPPERS
Ultimately, ambiguities in puzzles may make one argue CROSSSWORDS
Walk by river? RAMBLE
Whip up a story to deceive girl NATALIE