The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,751 - Feb 11 2003

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A group of assistants to express regret about European money RETINUE
A row when going for century in break shows keenness READINESS
A swell leader of panache in the American press UPSURGE
Bar with standard action to oppose danger COUNTERMEASURE
Bears seen in a nameless Devon town TOTES
Beat easily, being right weight after initial training TROUNCE
Being arranged like a communication cord INTRAIN
Bright colour, not a tan for a change ANNATTO
Cut out first letter in language ERASE
Desert one? It's a big blow SANDSTORM
Do they wear 'going away' clothes? ELOPERS
Extraterritorial travellers left behind a sort of sound NASAL
Fragrant plant, though possibly inelegant EGLANTINE
Hard work by company is kept under one's hat SWEATBAND
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Key player, we hear CONCERTPIANIST
Mark 2 TWAIN
MEP? Use him to spread an inoffensive word EUPHEMISM
Model Phyl's a slim lady SYLPH
Plant me in top ground PIMENTO
River - a river once more flowing back NIAGARA
Shrink jeans, returning within a short time SHRIVEL
Singer loses head to a second Spanish gentleman SENOR
State of bliss recalled in revised version's reminiscences NIRVANA
Stream in university to produce a painter? UTRILLO
They're not, in fact, spineless about using AA IGUANAS
Tom has these lines tangled with vine NINELIVES
Understands what the addressee eventually does GETSTHEMESSAGE
Writers, they say, are in agreement CORRESPONDENCE