The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,757 - Feb 18 2003

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Actor with heart of gold and one rival OLIVIER
Actor wrapped up with one the French had DEPARDIEU
An admirer of cockney belles, do we hear? BEAU
Beyond one's remit to reconcile true rivals ULTRAVIRES
Develop characters, say, with a Spanish wordsmith LOPEDEVEGA
Elemental prophet and emperor, one and the same externally ANEROID
Firmly wears the breeches, then 'e holds your britches as an alternative HASONE
Grave robber's introduction into undead East End rabble EARNEST
Guinness collection perhaps included 'Sally' STARTOUT
Hardly a hot tip for the highest objective? NORTHPOLE
Holiday in the can BILLIE
Lamb departs before she cooks it? DELIA
Make, say, a vain attempt to nobble 'The Weakest Link' GOFORTHEJUGULAR
Pit workers with soldiers joining revolutionary's art movement ORCHESTRA
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Radio detector in the maze of television CRYSTAL
Rate Ben Adam's bearing ABUSE
Rode down naked? O, all right! OVERTOOK
Romance left abandoned in the wheat AMELCORN
See 5 BYTHE
See 5 SHORTANDCURLIES
Self-reliant girl died sadly UNAIDED
Society's impressed by one magnifying view on bussing OSCULAR
Sound horse? On the contrary, no sound NEIGH
Storm centre that's part of the service TEACUP
Talent broken reed spent KNACKERED
The duty of the sexton? TOLL
Time to conclude home study mark INDENT
Wallenstein his s-spine-tingler SCHILLER