The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,780 - May 31 2006

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Clues Answers
A B C D F or G? NOTE
A step like a colossus? ASTRIDE
African country to second 9's backing BENIN
Allow publication of purchasing record PASSBOOK
Being a fool in company and cautious, I don't fly CASSOWARY
Causing much embarrassment to the English, a Scottish game TOECURLING
Come down to earth about p-payment for a sweet TOFFEEAPPLE
Economist is allowed unction (clue: home is unfinished) MAYNARDKEYNES
Girl first after love letter OMEGA
Group retaining changed locale for manual working BLUECOLLAR
Having no room for wine if I leave during killing CHOCKFULL
Journey of 3 kilometres to Rome? TREK
Land of soul with money, in others' words AMERICA
Clues Answers
Martial artist is some man in Japan NINJA
Non-stop percussion instrument fraught with problems ETERNALTRIANGLE
Nurse protected by sword is the centrepiece EPERGNE
Period novel heroine on the tile? TESSERA
Picture of the king of the fuzz? FLICK
Plant for bestial characters ASTILBE
Protest involving mean rotters REMONSTRATE
Raise Balkan money to cite a school in Battersea EMANUEL
See 7 THENORTHERNSTAR
Sound wrong to get up in the morning? This puts us first HUMANISM
Starting point for climb NASCENT
Turning? Caesar's not that sort (thinner man) IAMCONSTANTAS
Where to read Hannibal's name LECTERN