The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,440 - Sep 29 2011

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Clues Answers
'Melange of Entrails' is OK as meat dish SIRLOINSTEAK
21 7's creation concerned with magic, a nonsense to eat say (a degree over the top) BACONAND
21 7's creation, time which goes slowly? SNAIL
Bathroom items showing bum a lot SPONGEBAGS
Dreadful situation for mechanics? THE
Feminist hiding as one gets more slimy GREASIER
Hard then to appear nervous? UNEASY
Having to live with hump, a whale BELUGA
Hostile sun a planet goes round UNPLEASANT
Medieval killer ordered city to restrain miss, due to be disembowelled BLACKDEATH
Menus on the table virtually absurd, into hysterical extremes — is he? HESTON
Mind chap's lesson read out? SHRINK
Part of hippo, perhaps, revealing woolly patch? GREY
Peak time, touring university, for 21's work BENHUR
Perhaps how vets are paid out in a settlement shows endurance PERPETUATION
Clues Answers
Racket's centre starts to buckle under bombardment HUBBUB
Reserve accommodation for animals, by the way MODESTY
Rhythmic sound heard initially in jazz performer, pet scarpering THRUM
Roman writer's watch going round end of finger VIRGIL
Sand in guts GRIT
See 17 PITS
See 18 EGG
See 18 ICECREAM
See 21 BLUMENTHAL
See 25 AREA
See 4 PORRIDGE
Those such as 11 up in swear words, manipulating people OSTEOPATHS
Until now there's little rotating through something nailed on one's foot TODATE
US horseman hurried off to grab first of guns after uprising in Oregon ROUGHRIDER
Whale — something inclined to break wind when tail cut off GRAMPUS