The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,724 - Jun 12 2009

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Clues Answers
All characters die CAST
Blue stain DIRTY
Contestants' parking needs rows PLAYERS
Cut festival flower ASTER
Cutlery for this side of beef SILVER
Dawn's innards? DAYLIGHTS
Embarrassed with cigarette remains in a bed ABASHED
Fixed cat — vet paid and delighted CAPTIVATED
Followers head off to get payments ADHERENTS
General gets people off the mark NATIONWIDE
Glib one could be vile IGNOBLE
It's boring round Iowa, according to this book DIARY
Lever's part of a bell-shaped alarm PEDAL
Makes love in silence but then makes a noise SWOOSH
Mark tries unexpectedly to stretch demand ASTERISK
Clues Answers
Moderate anger following pump that won't start UMPIRE
Natural but becomes brutal when he joins ARTLESS
Nearly sick swallowing a brown and black SATANIC
Non-worker directed in a quiz ABSENTEE
Offspring holds on to her angel CHERUB
Old music hall star keeping end of turn clean LAUNDER
Prime minister once had to resign in the wood ASQUITH
Relaxing from the world's roundabout UNWINDING
Sailor captures victims TARGETS
Seriously, it's too soon to build a home for the young inside EARNESTLY
Set up made from bent tins completely INSTALL
Small quality potato skins for violent prisoners STRAITJACKETS
Sprucest bird fades away within TIDIEST
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