The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,115 - Apr 13 2004

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Clues Answers
... minus 550, or lower? NEAT
Ancestral settlement where Pendle Witches hanged LANCASTER
Big hitting THUMPING
Big hitting WHOPPING
Choice of meals initially dismissed during drink, leaving edible seed PINENUT
Cooked rib to pass round upstanding company, then pass vegetable BROCCOLI
Drive leaderless Klingons, you might say, round the bend IMPETUS
Drunk needing shuteye for counter ... TIDDLY
Edge seen in crown where chopper comes down HELIPAD
Firm finds gimmick almost getting in the way STRICT
Foot/ball? AGAMEOFTWO
God has to eat starter of greens to produce methane MARSHGAS
Groom, before reaching conclusion, not reaching conclusion PREEN
Holiday with awfully good weather? WHITSUN
Clues Answers
Lands in trouble, arrested by policeman - time to wrap up COLDSNAP
Notorious marked man seldom seen occupied by 'Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!' SCAR
Once it's used, part remains SECTION
Penny, during month, lures with bits above thighs (they're for work experience) APPRENTICESHIPS
Piece from editor terrible, sent back from way back RETRO
Right desires, kinky one shunned, right REDRESS
Rubicon is ace! POINTOFNORETURN
Rugby player put on stone to breed PROPAGATE
See 14 HALVES
See 18 NONE
See 22 FACE
Set cryptic in press that was thrown out JETSAM
SO perfect? SECONDTO
The anxious effect of tiredness EXHAUSTION