The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,329 - Oct 2 2001

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Clues Answers
... splendid 40-day period following eclipse EXCELLENT
A break catered for at Lord''s INTERVAL
A hunter forced to drive out foxes UNEARTH
A point wrongly claimed DECIMAL
A second one up on the river ANOTHER
A sign of trouble below TIPOFTHEICEBERG
A special gift of 80 per cent Maraschino cocktail CHARISMA
A stable vehicle needs this share of the highway ROADHOLDING
Anguish caused when the rash ace crashed HEARTACHES
Army food from the sea? OCTOPUS
Bird fluttering right to left in Chingford? GOLDFINCH
Clear air within could be the reason for ... ETHER
Consort pianist? ACCOMPANIST
Diana''s dogs sounded her out DEERHOUNDS
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Dull-witted baronet drowned in river OBTUSE
Fiddler in a put-up job RIGGER
I'm in love (not half!) with this car LIMO
Lovely morning in the squirrel house DREAMY
Natural home put up by masons INBUILT
One hurrying to pick up a suitable case? AMBULANCECHASER
Rosie's twisted twigs OSIERS
Scar on the landscape at Dover CLIFF
Serum is tampered with for evil practitioner MISUSER
Sheer class RANK
Some policemen call a thin stick a baton LATHI
Take from stricken flier RIFLE
They certainly don't rest after maternity starts MOTHERS
Where the actor hopes for early success MATINEE