The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,453 - May 13 2005

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Clues Answers
... or could he put his finger on it? MIDAS
10's epitaph: 'I died (RIP): Hell hath no bar open the while, a disaster' ONTHE
Behind with the delivery BREECH
BT Call-minder? OFTEL
Callow, hogtied, shy. Oh, that is awkward! HOBBLEDEHOYISH
Can areas of study define a wit? WCFIELDS
Closest to one male umpire IMMEDIATE
Coming from Danzig (EU), nervous traveller ZIGEUNER
Eye of a VIP BIOWHEEL
Failure turning blue with effort can be determined RESOLUBLE
Finished with taking the wheel, too much to handle? OVERWHELMING
Get up the nose, say, of the Astronomer Royal RYLE
Great golfer Eldrick losing final for flooring TIGERWOOD
Great golfer! That's my girl! ELSIE
Clues Answers
How far might swordsman go? Oh, the wicked insertion during joust TOTHEHILT
How some buy wine as the negociant's in fear guarding the margin ENPRIMEUR
Like Aguecheek with 'a lean and hungry look'? In fact, he'd collapsed! THINFACED
One deducing knowledge from goose spittle? I'm confused! EPISTEMOLOGIST
One with an eye for a poor camel? NEEDLE
Pathogenic agent could pass through every intestine initially ECOLI
Run outside! EXTRA
Scots intend to take the lid off the boiler ETTLE
See 1 IDRATHER
See 1 Across WHOLE
See 1 Across PHILADELPHIA
See 1 Across BEIN
Skin colour's origin's apparent once I speak about it! EXCORIATE
Smoothed the way old priest worked over EXPEDITED