The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,680 - Apr 22 2009

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Clues Answers
A VIP sells assorted toiletries LIPSALVES
Advance payments — one way to get by SUBSIST
Beast with dry eyes, initially BRUTE
Beer bottle for Brecht's mother COURAGE
Bet on every course? EACHWAY
Blakey is extremely talkative performer ARTISTE
Bob Marley, for example, could be a star RASTA
Bring down spare seat cover OVERTHROW
Call heard for works of Hoffmann TALES
Charming woman left out of group CIRCE
Check support group first SETBACK
Divided Balkan city SPLIT
Event in European cellar POLEVAULT
Flag down fisherman BLUEPETER
Fried food served cold with salad CROQUETTE
Hartley novel: 'Chance' EARTHLY
Clues Answers
Head and tail of kipper: wretched seafood KRILL
Irrational response when cop pockets a nickel PANIC
Joining the Globe, aim to be a writer BALLPOINT
Jonathan's producer, perhaps APPLETREE
Man, for example, going west with eastern girl ELSIE
Not stopping goal? Not so many! ENDLESS
Novice not a partner of this composer? LOEWE
Nutty set with acorns — old people in a tree? ANCESTORS
Old general with a stronghold, so to speak, on the borders of Phrygia AGRIPPA
Old tennis player's cricket trophy ASHES
One piece of advice concerning starter ANTIPASTO
Question children ISSUE
They're for educating Rita — lots trained outside university TUTORIALS
Threads in fashion lost their lustre? TARNISHED
Type of joint found in film studios UNIVERSAL
Way to go in tavern or theatre NORTH