The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answer - Aug 26, 2014

 The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Solutions - Aug 26, 2014

Clue	Answer
Absolutely necessary to score goal: bit wayward with ball	OBLIGATO
Amounts to being elevated alongside live forecaster	SIBYL
Bone fused at least with arm	METATARSAL
Cleric's office bloke located at York, say, losing it	CHAPLAINCY
Fictional character from penny-dropping tragedy	ATHOS
Figure it's what covers Wimbledon etc with pine	OBLONG
Fly in strict set sequence	TSETSE
Gloves are off when first base abandoned	BAREFISTS
Grand, historic, upstanding police force accepting service's premier award for record success	GOLD
Infamous, rather theatrical, start of assault on Everest?	BASECAMP
Maria, root out stays!	MORATORIA
Modish computer element inserted in top fairy transport	MINICAB
Namely, it will cover Dolly's bust	LLOYDS
Names of two females and male finally getting bit parts in a picture	TESSELLAE
No need to be more explicit about entertainment fads designed to take one in	NUFF
One skilled in movements gets cake warm (outside temperature hot but not connected)	WATCHMAKER
Opening date that is desperate	DOORDIE
Out to lunch, Brazil fashion?	NUTTY
Piece of armour Shakespeare placed round topped and tailed fish	BRASSARD
Religious leader has a duty to inculcate nursemaid	AYATOLLAH
Remove all trace of one with two names (one hot, one defunct)	ANNIHILATE
Rent here in southern Europe	SPLIT
Reserve cast head	SHYNESS
Reversing second nought and another nought equals four	TWOTWOS
Routinely approve of card games with pack	RUBBERSTAMP
Satnav detailed rocks hemming in mountain peak explorer	TASMAN
See 24	DISC
See 6	SAID
Snapping flower in rain hurt stem tip badly	ANTIRRHINUM
Soft copper ring in gleaming setting	CUSHIONY