The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,787 - Jan 6 2000

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Clues Answers
A viewer's jolly when the leader's taken off OCULAR
Agreement a letter changed for one of the lessees COTENANT
Beef and butter dunked in gently sparkling wine PASTRAMI
Celebrated man is all but a tyrant HERO
Check support STEM
Command issued in successive notes to tribe DECREE
Corruption with criminal bunch ne'er reforming GANGRENE
Grass shoots up? That's grass for you MARRAM
In icy cavern Eddie explodes bomb INCENDIARY
Indignant, but better prepared for war? UPINARMS
Lift a table in the restaurant DUMBWAITER
Lustre on a lady SHEENA
More attractive invitation - that is received by both sides COMELIER
Mournful-sounding bloke is behind the scheme PLANGENT
Clues Answers
One composer chosen for new orchestration ahead of another SCHOENBERG
One wanting to protect a vixen could be nuts about her HUNT
Performer (Eastern) about to ensnare one with obscene stuff EROTICA
Prolonged trouble when the man grabs lass naughtily HASSLE
Ruin brings the reverse of humour DOOM
See 13 DEVICE
See 24 Across SABOTEUR
Street jewellery - pearls and more pearls? STRINGS
Succession of individuals providing documentation on a country? INDIANFILE
Supernatural being disturbed priest SPRITE
The first words from 24 down for the shrub? OLEANDER
The French fabric for covering cold window LANCET
The old-fashioned you, in humour lacking WITHOUT
University official favouring Conservative to the Right PROCTOR