The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,392 - Mar 3 2005

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A guard contracts sickness in profusion AFFLUENCE
A pacemaker adapted more to men METRONOME
A pencil case in the chiffonier? CHESTOFDRAWERS
Attention-seeker's hoax in Lancashire HEYSHAM
Cane Russian worker and NCO STAFFSERGEANT
Cosmetic for girl initially entertained by libertine ROUGE
Effrontery in different form ELLIPSE
Faith keeps our women multi-directional FOURWAY
Fast food convention DIET
Goddess gets washed? That's laborious! HERACLEAN
Island leader to figure in revolution TIERRADELFUEGO
Patron of the arts a soldier turned to ERATO
Phaeton's exchanged for another coach STANHOPE
Provisionally favouring gift FORTHEPRESENT
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Public work is best OVERTOP
Record claiming uranium is brownish-grey TAUPE
Respectable citizen's husband tucking into fast food BURGHER
Small beast is lighter SCOW
Soldier sitting on favourite wall PARAPET
Spy on immoral woman and feed supplier NOSEBAG
Stand in Staffordshire AFFORD
Starts to attack lancers and musketeers' outpost in battle ALAMO
Stop umpire having shower REFRAIN
The cute CO collapsed into bed on the train COUCHETTE
Title obtained when pro is beaten OWNERSHIP
Weariness makes lads use it wrongly LASSITUDE
Woman's sarcastic about boat WHERRY
You once appeared in stockings in the orangery? HOTHOUSE