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The Guardian - Cryptic crossword Dec 21 1999

ClueAnswer
'I want a thousand giraffes on my desk by tomorrow morning' ATALL
... or maybe another? TAPAS
A restricted chicken? CAPON
After one Latin meal ... PASTA
American writer making men sore EMERSON
Beast swallows another 500 and a large port ROTTERDAM
Beat most of the swindle THROB
Bloomer getting confused on 7 ANEMONE
Book of words based on the old reptile's tail THESAURUS
Cricketer is about five, so form not yet developed LARVA
End of novel 5 across never completed, so died cross DROOD
Finished my work, so hurtful UPSETTING
Fruit makes a number react badly when eaten NECTARINE
Girl that's sweet etc comes back to embrace one that's not CHARLOTTE
Irritable note unknown CROTCHETY
Joke about girl that's a prude PURITAN
Landlord's rent offered during meal, though without starter INNKEEPER
Mate given a ring, deliriously happy COCKAHOOP
Money, a pound given to the church PENCE
Odds on fish will provide glitter SPANGLE
One-horn creation RHINO
Pound reduction to bring in INTRODUCE
Provide for the 39th US President, not the 3rd CATER
Running a company like Robert Maxwell? OVERBOARD
See 12 ORDER
Small foreign instrument PICCOLO
So be it! Point upwards to this treatment! ENEMA
Take back knotted rope onto ships around the East REPOSSESS
This Hugh, we're told, can be looked up to SKYBLUE
Tiny boy grabs model, diamonds and the birds TITMICE
Watch me object after square one TIMEPIECE
Who the author mentioned in disbelief? DICKENS
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