The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 22,976 - Oct 31 2003

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Clues Answers
A singer poorly with two new heads - it's catching ENSNARING
Bird's exact heart? CROSSBILL
Bow in Peking oddly during minor blast TOPKNOT
Dickensian pervert TWIST
Financial centre almost entering tangible performance RECITAL
Getting claws out, non-starter, though in need of them? ITCHY
Good character and bad one about to ruin one SAMARITAN
Graphical illustration of characters in Chapter 1 PIECHART
Little one goes into two, which goes into 1,100 - basic sort of division MITOTIC
Might one be touching up the Queen on Christmas Day, perhaps? DECORATOR
Musical no longer in vogue? CHICAGO
Noted study (ho hum): pedestrian activity SIGHTREADING
One proposing to the Queen of Jordan (unlikely man it's accepted) NOMINATOR
People making fish fingers heading off to river INDUS
Clues Answers
Refuse sat festering in a refuse container ABSTAIN
Reluctant to admit Mick's crook: if he's easily admitted, call one! LOCKSMITH
See 27 ANELEPHANTAT
See 27 THISDIST
Setter may be hard at the end of the rainbow IRISH
Singer offering note in jazz music feature in same production SEWINGMACHINES
Singularly I've been clumsy, so cry WHOOP
Study having had face-lift? MUGUP
Tempestuous Rent-a-Party? TORNADO
Tidy the latter half of where one eats GROOM
US and Canada's row gets more odious NASTIER
US Civil War general's last words were foolishly apathetic and idle ... then shot instantly - thud! THEYCOULDNTHIT
Where Napoleon Bonaparte delivered source of drug, having admitted the strain of office work CORSICA
Yarn spun around about shows style ECLAT