The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26623 - January 16, 2017

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A hire fee follows computer programme patent APPARENT
A sign of rank cheese, one left unfinished CHEVRON
Adult to plead guilty after regular letters from girl? GROWNUP
Algebraic proof has them almost more confused THEOREM
An odd situation has arisen with one of your setter's drinks? SOMETHINGISUP
Be furious about fit for plug SPIGOT
Beer girl might put specially for chap who's cheating? THIMBLERIGGER
Book half-finished by excellent biographer BOSWELL
Candle holder about to get inserted into cake SCONCE
Catch separate bridge players turning over ENTRAP
Cheese one's left hosts served in bowl PARMESAN
Contract arrived with Royal Academy for picture provider COMPACTCAMERA
Drab colour of old terminal OLIVE
Former problem reported with porridge SOMETIME
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Gleeman arranged a varied selection MELANGE
Join forces, working finally in pool MERGE
Mean measure of second French wine resulted in great anger MOVINGAVERAGE
Offer old useless item that fan's abandoned DANGLE
Plant blooming fragrantly on the house I had in South Africa FREESIA
Standard clubs must have interior redesigned CRITERION
State of Washington perhaps reduced current area GEORGIA
Story is not any volume by Fitzgerald? NOVELLA
Tale teller gets Conservative inside to desert Europe RACONTEUR
Town with people working on ring road STAFFORD
Victoria — a queen and head of church VICAR
We personally use lovers badly OURSELVES
What might make uneasy UN fairly relaxed? EASYGOING
Wound up when deprived of large racket NOISE