The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26696 - April 11, 2017

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... almost cheers an Athenian lawgiver SOLON
Aboriginal male adopting name of big house MANORIAL
Advantage of locality closed to careers in ceramics? POSTCODELOTTERY
African national's note about a French girl in Cardiff? TUNISIAN
Austrian novice initially settled in shelter TYROLESE
Banned badge originally enclosed in letter from abroad TABU
British PM once stabbed by a cross old harridan BATTLEAXE
Characteristic quality identifying Li Yuan's dynasty? TANG
Coming from peak, it evades a bird of prey KITE
Compete to consume say, game primarily? Not I VEGGIE
Conservative in area is thus rejected, like an Irish bard OSSIANIC
Crony that's laid up, eating fish kedgeree at first SIDEKICK
Exhausted old man saves energy, taking drug in club DEADBEAT
Gloomy brother in certain unspecified surroundings SOMBRE
Graduate in Paris that's adopted second language BASQUE
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Hairstyle initially adhered to? The opposite AFRO
Hunchback, as it were, meeting doom unhappily QUASIMODO
Join volunteers, not out to amuse ENTERTAIN
Nasty spat in bar, one involving two political groups BIPARTISAN
Possibly Kingsley's wrong! AMISS
Relentless old men with capacity to follow batting? INEXORABLE
Reportedly bring up ornamental clasp BROOCH
Ropy material from Rutland town, so to speak OAKUM
Son quits farrier's job, working in garden HOEING
Surly Republican in bunk ... GRUFF
Surviving navigational instrument with top missing EXTANT
This help at RAF manoeuvres? FLAREPATH
Way old info is presented — a cause of ill feeling! PATHOGEN
Workers given essential device for producing capital? SHIFTKEY