The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,505 - Jul 13 2005

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Clues Answers
'English animal painter mostly' - now read on EPIGRAPH
'Woman of letters' - correspondent? 23down actually COLETTE
13 beef put in, still on the plate, perhaps, without loss UNBEATEN
A pound - I'm not sure where the stamp goes ALBUM
Bottomless bowl: covering the rim, a model magnolia TULIPTREE
Constricts outstanding people, reportedly TIGHTENS
Defence against fighting during Mass? BULWARK
Excavate American city without it being 10? DIGNITY
Formal wear for credit union, perhaps BLACKTIE
Mary's third keeps dog in order - good news about her and another James? BOTH
Non-stop adventurous years end: why safety awoke anew TWENTYFOURHOURS
Players find press unbreakable CAST
Pressing to include bronze with trigonometric function COTANGENT
Reminder about upper class being haughty PROUD
Row developing in court RUCTION
Clues Answers
See 16 SEVEN
See 16 ADAY
See 16 DAYSAWEEK
See 21 DIFFERENCE
See 21 Down BITOF
See 22 IRON
See 23 Down DOINGWELL
Slip out (far from very quietly) of the joint SPLIFF
Smitten for batting without scoring? INLOVE
Someone else the establishment - cavalier lot - won't take 21down 13 NOTICE
Spooner's West Midland valley, boring in the extreme DEADLYDULL
Takes mikes to get musical effects KISSMEKATE
The absolutely immaterial won't make a trick, if Dot worked during strike before once losing head ABLIND
Thought to be by Alfred Tennyson initially, but going in to be tested ATTRIBUTED