The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26708 - April 25, 2017

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A twist for animal in the case ATTACHE
Allow flesh to form a hard mass? Cynical remark LETTHEMEATCAKE
Bone in breast or back, I'm not sure STERNUM
City snobs, ill-mannered, spinning bottles LISBON
Durable, as batsman number eleven is good LASTING
Engineers were effective turning round river TIBER
Fiddle restaurant expenses, being extremely careful to have only a starter in each REBEC
Filled with sulphur, one that collects light wine RETSINA
First to make a decree that's cut off sinister group MAFIA
Four-figure sum given to virtually crazy old woman GRANDMA
I lead the congregation, in short? That's laying it on thick IMPASTO
Not confident local, not having opened, has laid wine on TENTATIVE
Obviously with resignation one has to go PATENTLY
Pair of birds, perhaps, cold in the hillside BRACE
Part of film about black revolutionary REBEL
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People of remarkably elitist leaning? INTELLIGENTSIA
Problems are over for Darwin ERASMUS
Punches perhaps thrown here in area of the kidneys — that's out of line ARENA
Queen briefly embraced by sister, a tiny thing NUCLEON
Quickly cooked one thrown in raw after first being prepared STIRFRIED
Quickly create wordplay that's raised after sport RUNUP
Rumour of fruit and what it becomes in French and English GRAPEVINE
Small boy's poking damaged ear, somewhere near canal REDSEA
Small garden supports heroin? That's said to be lucky HORSESHOE
Snarls as gentle knight is wounded ENTANGLES
Some paint on one American native COATI
Sound content about hunt for customer PURCHASER
Two firms taking in new officer CONSTABLE
Villain's evil son breaking into vehicles BILLSIKES
With which one looks helpless? NAKEDEYE