The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,932 - Nov 24 2006

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21 absorbing old poem - very, very old PRIMEVAL
Alien creature's reversible coat LAMINATE
Brief encounter with 19, giving kinky woman a hammam bath? Yuk! WHAM
Compiler receiving notice to get out of the Sun? SHADED
Couple make the last move MATE
Criminal request to facilitate dropping on one's feet? STANDANDDELIVER
Deceased bird in port, perhaps, on ship with no outlook WINDOWLESS
Fling involving imam wanting a dance SHIMMY
Given protection by chap on the left COVERED
Greek god to get aggrieved about EROS
Jester's hot prize returned by student in retirement WITHDRAWAL
Let down, having been so in river DEFLATE
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Medics pinching oriental beer joint's business DEALERSHIP
Mourner, inwardly, oddly redolent of dog GOLDENRETRIEVER
Pansy travelling east in the ultimate people carrier HEARTSEASE
Pennant showing king's aboard ship STREAMER
Province where influence secures gin SATRAPY
Rachmaninov, Andy Kershaw maintains, was a great artist VANDYKE
Refractory setter with document in river INDOCILE
Seafarers on waterway found on top shelf PORN
See 5 BAMTHANKYOUMAAM
Speciesist caper involving degenerate hard-core 12 model ANTHROPOCENTRIC
Strip joints on time DIVEST
The Queen takes it to an assassin HITMAN