The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answer Dec 31, 2014

 The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution Dec 31, 2014

Clue	Answer
'Heavy' holds back New York gangster about the throat	LARYNGEAL
... on doing exercise	RUNNING
A politician's memory? Put freely, it's makeshift	IMPROMPTU
After father retires, Abramovich welcomes new or old worker	APRONMAN
Board move found US credit note	DISCOVEREDCHECK
Clerk can bake biscuit	CRACKNEL
Colour sports brochure covers books ...	BURNTOCHRE
Coolers designed to hold a small criminal?	MINIBARS
Country relocates area to middle of mountain range	CHAIN
Coverage of space alien	BLANKET
Curse and blast without ever ending	DARN
Europeans exalting escargot at first	ITALIANS
Fabric sale! 50% off money	SATIN
Formula 1 driver just going above 100	BUTTON

Clue	Answer
Getting off scary giant ride takes a little bit of nerve	DETRAINING
In bath, reading yarn	THREAD
In the year 2000, 599 entered Open University for a bit	MODICUM
It's about time! Around an hour is a pain	STITCH
Lead, helium and iron compounds on Earth	HEROINE
Nothing left in explosive crater	HOLE
Point, point, point, point then led all over the place	NEEDLE
Relative to visit repeatedly after hotel checkout	AUNT
See wings of shrike in prize photograph	CLOSEUP
Siren's fuse?	VAMP
Support for scrabble letters	TRESTLE
Top trophies gaining publicity before gun shot was invented	UPSPRUNG
Universal rock star raves, injects drug — love getting unconscious?	ASTEROID
Vaguely dine out, finish and leave your tips	INDETERMINATELY