The Guardian - Cryptic - Sep 25, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Sep 25, 2015

Clues	Answers
A lifesaver, as bloom catches showers	BRAINSURGEON
A sucker, one who is no longer in love with farming?	EXTRACTORFAN
All the possibilities in a US state, fine and good	ANYTHING
Award lower degree after third from London?	DIPLOMA
Bloke biting tail of huge, agile carnivore	GENET
Capital once cut, reported shortly as showing little growth	BONSAI
Damn brilliant?	FLAMING
Embarrassing defeat, as swimmer drops head	ROUT
Frightfully nice trait is involved	INTRICATE
Given support as in difficulties, evidently distressing on every front	AIDED
Group claiming tycoon is a harlot	STRUMPET
Guardian spies (no lie) out to steal Times leader — that's corporate skulduggery	INDUSTRIAL
Innocent, possibly, as a satirist	POPE
Item no longer in pubs, hard to lose — is lost!	ASTRAY
Just about survive seeing nurse possibly pocketing wad, unexpectedly	TREADWATER

Clues	Answers
More compact packing is preferable, primarily, for pharmacist	DISPENSER
Nerves, small quantity within muscles	ABDABS
Occurrence where detainee finally gets let out	EVENT
Overweight insect embodying a pair of insects, might you say?	FLABBY
Pose altered wearing absurd theatrical make-up	NOSEPUTTY
Possibly a Christmas cracker to pull thus contains letters on a pencil in red, say?	WISH
Responsible adult resentful — minding hell for the most part?	BABYSITTER
See 12	BONE
See 3	ESPIONAGE
Shock provided inside nappy material	TERRIFY
Spraying of tear gas ultimately a shocking police tactic?	TASER
Stranger diet, sour balls	OUTSIDER
That will teach you maths, other examples to some extent	SOTHERE
Unblinking female lacking features on the head?	FEARLESS
Wild thing joining clubs as a swinger?	TIGERWOODS