The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,217 - Oct 25 2007

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Clues Answers
A film on sea paintings by Hammer? OILSLICK
A lot of net practice needed to make them relent with warm shaking? TRAWLERMEN
A small thing, but half the dictionary is missing? ATOM
Check broadcast as rulers do REIGN
Could be Disneyland's crafty means of saving the species, Euro-politician included THEMEPARK
Crank action on right of reversed container NUTCASE
Crestfallen Democrats covering up president no longer ALLENDE
Dignified refusal to live without Lord's lead NOBLE
Dotty or Duane's poem RONDEAU
Entry of Gladiators ultimately in old man's time PASSAGE
Extravagant spending, as you'd expect from over-the-top diva playing Mimi? CONSPICUOUS
Factory grade popular sort of banana PLANTAIN
Film musical with tempestuous shower scene ended by a cop SINGININTHERAIN
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Initially inferior count: sceptical, sadly, about making a baby? CONCEPTUALISTIC
Landowner, look, into line dancing at first LAIRD
Lecture about, say, going round Brummie's town REIGATE
Non-soft, tangy sweet medicine introduced to a listener EARDROP
Number 10, perhaps, in full, is including everything OMNIBUS
Peach that's ready to be pulled CRACKER
Ray's getting turned away, sadly, for certain REFRACTION
Resort without worth moved where Blackpool is NORTHWEST
See 1 CONSUMPTION
Smash hit enthralling an island republic HAITI
Such as the Guardian making southern English town assume importance READINGMATTER
Supporting comedian Henry WITH
Tasty-looking Estuary drink in glass girl put aside MOUTHWATERING