The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,437 - Sep 26 2011

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Clues Answers
Adopt self-regulating volume control SOFTPEDAL
Ancient mariner's story upset Arab prince EMIR
Body found in the motorist's boot, perhaps CARCASE
Capital — the big smoke? HAVANA
Capsized oarsman in vessel is in distress CAREWORN
Cultivated Scandin­avian SWEDE
Cut lumber SADDLE
Doctor liaised for sitting clergy SEDILIA
False alibi initially excluded by Scottish magistrate BAILIE
Fashionable doctor caught in embrace? That's sweet! HUMBUG
Has it a piercing eye? Quite the opposite NEEDLE
Humble cleric embraced me DEMEAN
It's normally kept by the fireplace or sink SCUTTLE
Keep small cash book PRESERVE
Clues Answers
Lacking a cryptic clue? It's not important MINUSCULE
Leading lady cut short with smack HEROIN
Make sharp attack upon Reformed Church POUNCE
Nobleman about fifty-odd DROLL
Poem completed but not written down PASTORAL
Quietly departed with the silver PLATE
Regular correspondence between sides SYMMETRY
She's a mother twice over MADAM
Show anger in hair-raising fashion BRISTLE
Silence on reform shows lack of respect INSOLENCE
Takeover bid made by the committed buyer FIRMOFFER
The attraction of misrule LURE
The purpose of the visor is to avoid humil­iation SAVEFACE
Was prominent among those who refused to yield STOODOUT