The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 25,908 - Mar 29 2013

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Artist, not a playwright PAINTER
Blairist many construed as concerned with race TRIBALISM
Colours show poet losing heart HUES
Creatures lacking backbone — hoods' women catch American king MOLLUSKS
Diet in uncivilised times? ROUGHAGE
Esau, without hesitation from him, got pottage BROTH
Friends' hearty gesture BACKSLAP
It's more the difficult matter to be proved THEOREM
Linaria, a reptile strong and flabby TOADFLAX
No gin — my one failing, a disgrace IGNOMINY
Oddly, I want the termite WHITEANT
One quits in clean fashion, which is futile INCONSEQUENTIAL
Pander to sanctimonious politician PIMP
Party lacking compet­ence? UNSKILLEDLABOUR
Clues Answers
Pretence of British-American relationship? SHAM
Repeated annual check gets the bird MOTMOT
Seaside jumper spender also wears SANDHOPPER
Second tea or coffee MOCHA
Small bankers in a big way? GNOMESOFZURICH
Sound wood of sound quality TIMBRE
The Guardian's into rejecting obscenity — which may be malignant TUMOURS
The pest keeps the greatest number to a marked degree THERMOSTAT
Tool increases sound ADZE
Vegetable is hard to cultivate RADISH
Wickedness ends daily activity DEADLYSIN
Wound up a character with skill TRAUMA
Writer lost plot with trifle TOLSTOY
Wrought iron, hot with reason like study of 19s, say ORNITHOLOGICAL