The Guardian - Cryptic - Sep 17, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Sep 17, 2015

Clues	Answers
... college VIP retaining a core here?	REACTOR
22 down river, OK?	FORTHRIGHT
22 down set the ball rolling	OPEN
A nameless sentimentalist — like Basil?	AROMATIC
African member of order importing skirts from Burundi area	NUBIAN
Angel holding stuff for traveller	BACKPACKER
Chap, say, with a wine store	BODEGA
Credit for 22 down, say	ANAGRAM
Discover stuff in detached houses	FIND
Downtown, say, having dismissed last presenter	CLARKSON
Frank's guide	DIRECT
French dramatist's singular Rabelaisian quality	RACINESS
One's out to make reductions	DISCOUNTER
Predator about to move freely	FLOW

Clues	Answers
Preserve core for Curie in French-Polish setting ...	ENSHRINE
Ripe bananas in an American restaurant	CREPERIE
River heard in wood	STICKS
Safe container for tungsten alloy	PEWTER
Salt can't stand and is back first	SULPHATE
Sign captain up	OMEN
Small mammal with horn, active at sea	CHEVROTAIN
Smart card's first used by machine operator	CLEVER
Specialist in the Middle East has no time for rockery plant	ARABIS
Visual artist's taken in — like Sibyl?	ORACULAR
What astronomers must do to improve	LOOKUP
What stops a good-for-nothing boozer?	ALEHOUSE
When small, I should be with short people	DOTTED
Workers collectively embracing socialist leader to show solid­arity	UNISON