The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 24,948 - Mar 3 2010

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Clues Answers
3 and 15's girl's dis­heartening cute eyelashes CECILIA
A male girl, by 3 and 15 AMERICA
A relation's ground, or grounds RATIONALE
Appropriate nationality, English GERMANE
Art dealer's conclus­ion: jazzy stuff collected by highlander GARFUNKEL
Billion lucky numbers wasted BLOTTO
Break items when starved, cooking ADVERTS
Combination locks? PERM
Composer's composer not entirely lightweight BERLIOZ
Cooking ingredient, exquisite starter put in mouth: say, duck OREGANO
Crowns on top of aristocracy, breaking heart CORONAE
Fire past island as military horseman COSSACK
Girl has no bananas for Persians, perhaps LONGHAIRS
I duck at the first attempt INONE
I note well, plant has to develop internally INBREED
Clues Answers
Journalist stealing public money in West Country town, by 3 and 15 BRIDGE
Most secretive, a US soldier's incest? CAGIEST
Old place for shopping bag, or all boxes AGORA
Paul's stage opening — there's my cue! SIMON
Piece by 3 and 15? THESOUND
See 13 OFSILENCE
See 24 TROUBLED
See 24 OVER
See 24 WATER
Sensuous ardour's ending in passage CARNAL
Sweet, Spooner's fabricated plan? CHERRYTART
Taste wine, glugging river MORSEL
Useless effort debated without value in existence BETTEROFFDEAD
Wreck two containers BASKETCASE