The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,402 - Dec 28 2001

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Clues Answers
A romp through Berlin? SPREE
Cast heard to be suffering THROE
Charges for a large quantity of fruit IMPEACHES
Cutting mat with scissors - all but the ends, strangely OSTRACISM
Disease and its cause, an ego like the French GERMANMEASLES
Downtrodden like Old Labour? UNDERFOOT
Genuine error by Wax? SINCERE
Getting things just so, like Chopin after his love embraced mine SPITANDPOLISH
Lower with awful dread, for example DEGRADE
Master Blair's retained hanging for those in 1, 8, 9 and 26 EUROPEANS
Not a load-bearing beam LIGHT
One complaint raised by Old Testament character NAOMI
Our ends may be (Hamlet) - when's possible clue? ROUGHHEWN
Oven to be held by judge: that's where it's done ROASTBEEF
Clues Answers
Pass - turn over a couple of pages first APPROVE
Present, maybe, making one uptight TENSE
Return to the point before long - it may be catching NOOSE
Running away with strange men to Peel ELOPEMENT
Sh! Tebbit is for reform? You'll be lucky! BESTOFBRITISH
Silver starting to develop problems AGGRO
Singer can use the letters CHANTEUSE
Student well informed on American disease LUPUS
The lowest point in deception, a dirty business NADIR
The regular custom of sponsorship? PATRONAGE
Theatrical musician and literary baron allowed back in LYTTELTON
Unnecessary verbiage for weightless bear PADDING
Where prices fall, endless obligation on unhesitating poet is not ordered DUTCHAUCTIONS
Wrong number for Frost? CRIME