The Guardian - Cryptic crossword May 16 2005 crossword clues & answers

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The Guardian - Cryptic crossword May 16 2005

Clue	Answer
A fair land	ALIGHT
Academic going through Russia	DON
Be there at the beginning and end	ATTEND
Captain possibly in command in present situation	OFFICER
Caution had Simon dithering	ADMONISH
Diner imbibes fine new coffee ingredient	CAFFEINE
Dry sherry and a bit of fish - nothing more	FINO
Dumbfounded by a dishonest arrangement	ASTONISHED
French-born	NEE
Have insufficient funds and don't finish the course	RUNSHORT
Involves mending net before setting sail	ENTAILS
It bores me in the back	REAMER
It may be thrown in car dispute that's unsettled	CUSTARDPIE
It's obvious the cargo's listing	MANIFEST
It's put out until eaten by a naval officer	LIEUTENANT
Kind of talk more cordial than a tete-a-tete?	HEARTTOHEART
Letters sent off to a politician in the post?	STREETLAMP
One is vertical in flight	RISER
Order and routine for working organisation	TRADEUNION
Pack up quietly and clear out	PARCEL
Parrot almost gets role in opera	MIMI
Private papers destroyed	SAPPER
Registry office used by cowboys?	HITCHINGPOST
Severe, in a way, on offence - not the first	STRONG
Sit out with a girl in gauzy fabric	TISSUE
Some resistance found over taxing demands	OHMS
Strained inspiration to produce a joke	WHEEZE
The chaplain's walkabout	PADRE
The early morning air?	DAWNCHORUS
There's a singular example of these in ancient history	THIS

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