The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,884 - Apr 28 2000

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'2 24 across's 6 to 8, Our 10s into 12s or ____' (Swinburne) WIVES
Backsliding, rumoured to hold Scripture in scorn DERISION
Big break for Roman Stoic ASTRONOMIC
Blow to make brat behave IMPACT
Britain sets charge on holy vestment ALBION
Concluding remark in central body CORPSE
Cooking oil means food SEMOLINA
Dainty little junction ahead TWEE
Endlessly lusting for something rude INSULT
Excessive force putting band round racket GRINDING
French husband going into labour produces plant TAMARISK
Graduate to pierce scales BALANCE
Having control over prose, hid it away ( EDITORSHIP
Hold steady for an allegedly good 2 THEOLDDAYS
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Is 10 dead, being cut off? ISOLATE
Man brought in to carry out shooting ARCHERY
Mosaic injunction to Eastern warehouse? GODOWN
Nation eating national food RACLETTE
No point, darling LOVE
One keeping male in view ONSTAGE
Outlaw dish containing vermin PIRATE
Pace of heartless star CELERITY
Point to boring routine - 'Return To Go' TURN
Silly moo in 10 proves spiteful VENOMOUS
Silver and jade, like Yeatsian midnight AGLIMMER
Solver's penetrated the Spanish alcohol base ETHYL
Soothing parent in person about to follow up PALLIATIVE
Spell 'occasion' TIME