The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,582 - Oct 11 2005

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Clues Answers
8 for which A, B, C or D too much? On the contrary EXAM
9 15 = 24 LANCELOT
A reactionary former Director-General wearing short skirt, bearing essential part ATTRIBUTE
At end of dusk it's dark, man! KNIGHT
Audibly chuck, given pain THROE
Bomb vessel amid warning, of course FORTUNE
Capitals of Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Iceland, Austria and Ireland HIBERNIA
Conquistador's victim, black among white, helpless INCAPABLE
Continuation, we learn, to be disrupted RENEWAL
Drink a drop shortly TEA
Drunk accepts beer (not a scene worth looking at) SPECTACLE
Glass vessel, river vessel close to shore TEST
Hat ultimately on 28? Unlikely! TURBAN
Horse on hind legs to go over again RECAP
Inward reference given in case upset during poem ITSELF
It's essential to stop saying 'Holiday? Get away!' BRAKESHOE
Linesman sees another holding his head POPE
Clues Answers
Mean to secure prominence first VICTORIOUS
Moved camp AFFECTED
Old man with illusion, blessed snake charmer? PATRICK
One lining Jane's nest EVRIE
Rio's game, yet to fix line in Charlie FOOTBALL
See 31 FASTONE
See 8 TUBE
Sketch monarch in pose SKIT
So to speak, are you familiar with Alaska's capital? JUNEAU
Sting providing strain on piano PRICK
Taking issue with shares figures? THEFT
To appear servile in civil war, Cavaliers effecting volte-face CRAWL
To get Linford Christie's kit off, cheat! PULLA
Volunteer converting to republicanism? OFFER
Wife given wake-up call rising around noon - surely not! WELLINEVER
Work without discharge? OPUS