The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 23,712 - Mar 13 2006

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A case of excessive pride VANITY
Big egg producers from nothing, on the way to wealth OSTRICHES
Driver, perhaps, doing the rounds in a cart GOLFCLUB
Goodbye and thank you for the dance VALETA
He gathers the harvest in the fall CROPPER
I take key and lock out wild animal TIGRESS
Icy blockhouses IGLOOS
In turn it's consumed with decay ROTATE
Income from flat in French street REVENUE
Is it after five or later he calls? VISITOR
It can make one act straightaway ATONCE
Left port carrying cargo LADEN
Limit parliamentary debate on capital punishment GUILLOTINE
Money can be converted into capital FINANCE
Nearly time to see the moon? NIGHT
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One possibly in the lead as a conductor CORE
Plenty in favour of a merger PROFUSION
Pointless advance warning? TIPOFF
Record turnover is not commonly a cause of prosecution PLAINT
Spent American notes USED
Time soon modifies feelings EMOTIONS
Trendy clothes changed on inclination GEAR
Upper-class people discovered in low-down attempt GENTRY
Van driver's warning about the main part FOREFRONT
Vocal stallholder CHORISTER
Water at the mouth ESTUARY
What fish may do here, so a titbit is prepared RISETOTHEBAIT
Work on site can cause obstruction OPPOSITION
Worn part of a brake SHOE