The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,778 - Dec 27 1999

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Clues Answers
A picking-up point TINE
Affected a stylish greeting CHICHI
Always brave? Not likely! NOFEAR
An explosive expletive BLAST
Belt buckle worn by men in formal wear CUFFLINK
Business initiative ENTERPRISE
Child born before Lincoln BABE
Cite ways to develop arctic wilderness ICYWASTE
Completely out of port and unable to explain why? ALLATSEA
Crude oil in a USA state LOUISIANA
Dead men's chests COFFINS
Express delivery-man? FASTBOWLER
Girl in a Fair Isle jumper IRIS
Hairstyle bill rises with the cutting ETONCROP
Hard-hearted king whose widow was merry LEHAR
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Have ambitions for a high place in the church? ASPIRE
Hirsute one going for a comb HONEYBEAR
Hobson's choice TAKEITORLEAVEIT
It became obsolete when the market backed the automobile TRAMCAR
Leading chess player WHITE
Love to be surrounded by unusually rich voices CHOIR
Misery of a golf side that's been knocked out ADOGSLIFE
North America's largest meat producer BUFFALO
Regiment not for light guard duties? BLACKWATCH
Rest can come from these hypnotic states TRANCES
Rush over to meet RUNACROSS
Too proud to take lodgers, honest! ABOVEBOARD
Uncertain opportunity CHANCE
Very low perch BASS