The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answer - Oct 06, 2014

 The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Solutions - Oct 06, 2014

Clue	Answer
Armadillo, for example, has plate all round	ANIMAL
Beg for a retrial?	APPEAL
Blue-pencil our costs — being out of order	CROSSOUT
Dole out food, say?	METE
Eternal theme of the beautician?	AGELESS
Figurehead at unusually close quarters to the crew	FOCSLE
First of plants under­developed, cut back	PRUNED
Flattery works with EastEnders, say	SOAPOPERA
Hesitated to have father taken advantage of	PAUSED
Housing allowance	ACCOMMODATION
In truth, she goes to the city	VERA
Journalist taken aback by news of the country	SWEDEN
Lax hands act sycoph­antically on board	SCRAWLS
Leave a musical group — no making a comeback	ABANDON
Not the first time	SECOND
Notice gap coming in the church calendar	ADVENT
One who talks one round to composing some music	ORATORIO
Photographed out of doors?	EXPOSED
Refuse to go through all the cases	DECLINE
Relation who takes the pledge	UNCLE
Restore control, say	REINSTATE
Shut up firm having little work	COOP
Small child to go out of control	SKID
Smoked by the great man in bed	CHEROOT
Space explorer's study?	ASTRONOMY
State aid distributed by the Home Office	IDAHO
The acquisition of a favourable reputation	ACCEPTANCE
Turkish baths, which flout union regulat­ions?	SWEATSHOPS
Yet it might be the product of an active imagination	IDLEFANCY