The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,881 - Sep 26 2006

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A feature absorbed by church's spiritual leader CALIPH
Admission by experts admitting cold snap's starting ACCESS
Assorted old sea birds DIVERS
Badge backing Scary Spice and Shed EMBLEM
Beauty queen of dead opera company, forty-odd HELEN
Bit of a bargain, darling! SNIPPET
Blunt and vain POINTLESS
Bone impregnated with sodium smoke PANATELLA
Call to keep up extra aphrodisiac, allegedly PHEROMONE
Character actor of dubious quality making comeback as a military leader MAHDI
Cleaning fluid for ersatz excrement SHAMPOO
Doomed to admit half of capital offence FELONY
Expect charge to cover aggregates FORESEE
Find out (or take in) list LEARN
Haggle about East Ender''s accommodation for weather forecaster BAROMETER
Maybe wax sanctimonious in delight EPILATE
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Mean to look dangerous, given room PARLOUR
Men of more than noble birth ROYAL
Moral qualm of little weight SCRUPLE
One belligerent keeping quiet on the fence IMPARTIAL
Opening in barrel leads to urban transport VAPORETTO
Orphan's Cheesy Wotsit contains offal OLIVER
Pet's 17 to STD involves cooking fat CATFLAP
See 25 OFTROY
See 26 BRONTE
See 8 TWIST
Shed wants a slow movement LENTO
Sportswear by fireplace gets in the way SINGLET
Taking in the wedding party RECEPTION
Time and length dividing partygoer from pilgrim TRAVELLER
Wine taster's last up ASTIR
Writer in embryo let loose EMILY