The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,709 - Aug 8 2012

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26 9, model no more MONROE
A poet entertaining circle on a ship ABOARD
Bearing right, work to see name on old US aircraft NORTHROP
Both thin and thick stuff written by me — quite some name! MEGA
Brunette with plait plaited, sweet thing PEANUTBRITTLE
Catholic penetrating spy organisation, getting about CIRCA
Child in stories that's not saying enough LITOTES
Dull Second and Third from Prokofiev, ending in Vaughan Williams' mortified cry? MATRON
Empty hen house duck found centrally in street SCOOPOUT
Farm animals talked regularly behind domestic animal CATTLE
Feel low, as every daughter in line heading for nuptials REACHDOWN
Invalid guided around a rider LAPSED
Little time to cry, protecting wife after a month in siege TROJANWAR
New beginnings in double entendres, Uranus circling 9 being taken from behind UNUSED
Old 26 9, lightweight in store MOZART
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Patient accommodating seconds, parts to find hot meals CASSEROLES
Paul's set up drink, then game wrapped in fruit, but no starter for 26 9 MICHAEL
Popular figure into reforming, yet law unto herself, the Queen THEROYALWE
Publication for whom monkey writes cryptic NEWYORK
Pubs' motto, possibly? BOTTOMSUP
See 17 JACKSON
See 26 STAR
See 7 TIMES
So brevity different! VERBOSITY
Staff around but it needs filling POTHOLE
Strike small arachnid SMITE
Tricky situation, having to preserve a mischiev­ous child PICKLE
Weak film about boxing ROCKY
Welshman's grasped member, it's claimed ALLEGED