The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,588 - Oct 18 2005

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'eadlight caught liegeman going back inside - or not? ALFRESCO
Apply too much strain when English king seen in public OVEREXERT
Awful finding bit of horse in grass SHOCKING
Band of thieves, a shower SASH
Blair maintains Conservative leader in a hopeless situation where cuts promised CHARCUTERIE
Cut legs up SNIP
Desert Storm to grind down through pressure SANDBLAST
Drink thus passed round vehicle for ship's officer SUPERCARGO
Figure keeping quiet, right behind shark THRESHER
Film director's no good absent at close of picture and its opening PREMIERE
Fruit increased with it ROSEHIP
Illness difficult to diagnose with head chopped off AGUE
Is brought up on showy stuff, as 17 is to 9 SIBLING
Joint in place up river THAMES
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Leaders in Brighton and Hove Albion alarm shambolic Palace ALHAMBRA
Might one have money invested in Gulf state? OILMAN
New kind of brake catches NABS
Nurse is to inject into back shortly SISTER
One in order runs into trouble BROTHER
One sustaining what's squeezed from layer? EGGCUP
One's priest not entirely in charge, though religious ISLAMIC
Rake's predicament SCRAPE
Remain to be put back into line when free, not to be put away INEDIBLE
Salad without western salad ingredient RADISH
Thief with priceless rocks in work of 5 THEIPCRESSFILE
Vacillate, as do sirocco and mistral BLOWHOTANDCOLD
Wreck passed over in sound in drizzle SCOTCHMIST
Writer is to provide, as 17 is to 9 LENDEIGHTON