The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,428 - Apr 14 2005

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Clues Answers
Bacchanalian activity where leak taken in appropriate place, standing BOOZEUP
Bar entered the wrong way round? INGOT
Blow the whistle on leader of thieves when robbed BEREFT
City, once safe, blowing top EXETER
Element switched on compound NITRE
Fail in Irish politics on an end to fighting - new peacemaker appears KOFIANNAN
Game (not fantastic) put in waste bin finally PONTOON
Game about to move slowly CINCH
Game constructed by snooker player? BRIDGE
Game film on television's screened MONTE
Game given some stick in the Ashes? POKER
Game has spirit, you might say? RUMMY
Game not to cry over BOSTON
Hastily cooked sole etc? HOTFOOT
Hide flower, one inside another DOESKIN
Hit horse SMACK
Clues Answers
Influenced material on the radio SWAYED
Love of food, having ditched starter, is looking up? ASTRONOMY
More artillerymen on leave after Italy surrendered EXTRA
Page in 'Paradise Lost' may go missing DISAPPEAR
Port - it's offered after tributes ODESSA
Rugby posts create problem, given possible size of field? HECTARE
Scrub allowed to burst into flower DELETE
Senior citizen finished, having nicked money DOYENNE
Soldier raised in body as possession of Churchill? CIGARCASE
Something stopped up here? ORGANLOFT
Stand in very warm place and decrease through heat? ANDIRON
Staring wildly, excited guy holds head of enchantress under duvet? BUGEYED
Tasty besides, mum about to tuck into volume TOOTHSOME
Voiced an aversion to spirit, which would explain its inheritance? GENEALOGY
Where the tabloids, perhaps, find novel way to occupy beach NEWSSTAND
Yes, business swallowed up by heavyweight magnate TYCOON